Photinastoma taeniatum
Photinastoma taeniatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Photinastoma taeniatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Photinastoma |
| Species: | P. taeniatum |
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| Photinastoma taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825) [1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 28.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and in the Strait of Magellan at depths from 1 m to 115 m.
References
- Sowerby, G. B. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville. [v] + 92 + xxxiv. G. B. Sowerby: London
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Photinastoma taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533294 on 2012-12-07
- Mabille, J. 1885. Descriptions de deux mollusques marins du Cap Horn. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 2: 207-208.
- Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1885. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (7)9: 100-111.
- Strebel, H. 1905. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. II. Die Trochiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement 8: 121-166, pl. 5.
- Cooper, J. E. and H. B. Preston. 1910. Diagnoses of new species of marine and freshwater shells from the Falkland Islands, including descriptions of two new genera of marine Pelecypoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5: 110-114, pl. 4
External links
- To Antarctic Invertebrates
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Photinostoma taeniata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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