Pleurotomella frigida

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

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

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) frigida Thiele, 1912

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5.2 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
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