Pleurotomella eulimenes
Pleurotomella eulimenes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella eulimenes | |
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| Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella eulimenes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. eulimenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella eulimenes (Melvill, 1904) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella eulimenes Melvill, 1906 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
- Pleurotomella eulimenes (Melvill, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- Melvill J.C. (1904). Descriptions of twelve new species and one variety of marine Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1902–1904. Journal of Malacology. 11(4): 79-85
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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