Phymorhynchus coseli

Phymorhynchus coseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Phymorhynchus coseli
Shell of Phymorhynchus coseli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. coseli
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus coseli
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References

  1. Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Phymorhynchus coseli Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.


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