Pleurotomella vaginata

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

Pleurotomella vaginata
Shel land protoconch of Pleurotomella vaginata (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. vaginata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella vaginata
Dall, 1927

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Georgia and Florida, USA at a depth of 805 m.

References
  1. Pleurotomella vaginata Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Dall, William Healey. "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1885 and 1886." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1927)


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