Pleurotomella annulata

Pleurotomella annulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella annulata
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella annulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. annulata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella annulata
Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) annulata Thiele, 1912

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Davis Sea and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

References

  • Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311
  • Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp.


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