Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Pleurotomella amphiblestrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella amphiblestrum | |
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| Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella amphiblestrum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. amphiblestrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella amphiblestrum (Melvill, 1904) | |
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Description
The length of this shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman
References
- Pleurotomella amphiblestrum (Melvill, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- MELVILL, J. COSMO. "DESCRIPTIONS OF TWENTY-THREE SPECIES OF GASTROPODA FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, GULF OF OMAN, AND ARABIAN SEA, DREDGED BY MR. FW TOWNSEND, OF THE INDOEUROPEAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE, IN 1903." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.1 (1904): 51-60
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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