Theta vayssierei

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

Theta vayssierei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Theta
Species:
T. vayssierei
Binomial name
Theta vayssierei
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnobela bathyiberica Fechter, 1976
  • Pleurotoma vayssierei Dautzenberg, 1925
  • Pleurotomella bathyiberica Fechter, 1976

Description

The length of the shell attains 53 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea

References
  1. Theta vayssierei (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Dautzenberg P. (1925). Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1-12
  • Fechter, R. (1976) Pleurotomella (Theta) bathyiberica sp. nov. und Neufunde von Pleurotomella (Theta) lyronuclea Clarke, 1959 aus dem Inerischen Tiefseebecken. "Meteor" Forschungsergebnisse Reihe (D-Biologie), 22, 70–76.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
  • Powell A.W.B.(1966) The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum ; no. 5
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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