Phymorhynchus moskalevi

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

Phymorhynchus moskalevi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. moskalevi
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus moskalevi
Sysoev & Kantor, 1995[1]

This species has been described from hydrothermal vents in 1995.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 39 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. Sysoev A. V. & Kantor Yu. I. (1995). "Two new species of Phymorhynchus (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Conidae) from the hydrothermal vents". Ruthenica 5: 17-26. abstract.
  2. Phymorhynchus moskalevi Sysoev & Kantor, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Sysoev, A.V. & Kantor, Yu.I. (1995) Two new species of Phymorhynchus (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Conidae) from the hydrothermal vents. Ruthenica, 5, 17–26.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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