Pleurotomella innocentia

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

Pleurotomella innocentia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. innocentia
Binomial name
Pleurotomella innocentia
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908
  • Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) innocentia (Dell, 1990)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Thesbia filostriata Strebel, 1905
  • Typhlodaphne innocentia Dell, 1990 (original combination)

This species is considered by Kantor, Yuri I., and M. G. Harasewych (2013) as a synonym of Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm. The shell is spiraled and generally a brownish or white color. It is pointed at the top.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Georgia Island and off Port Alfred, Rep. South Africa, and in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Pleurotomella innocentia (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881094 on 2018-02-20
  2. Hardy, Eddie. "Typhlodaphne innocentia". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. "Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1990.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.


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