Pleurotomella rossi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella rossi | |
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| Shell of Pleurotomella rossi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. rossi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella rossi Dell, 1990 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) rossi Dell, 1990 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 mm and 121 m.[citation needed]
References
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
- Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
- Biolib.cz: image
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.