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Pleurotomella amphiblestrum

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Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. amphiblestrum
Binomial name
Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella amphiblestrum Melvill, 1904
  • Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphiblestrum Melvill, 1906

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

Description

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The length of this shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman

References

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  • MELVILL, J. COSMO. "DESCRIPTIONS OF TWENTY-THREE SPECIES OF GASTROPODA FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, GULF OF OMAN, AND ARABIAN SEA, DREDGED BY MR. FW TOWNSEND, OF THE INDOEUROPEAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE, IN 1903." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.1 (1904): 51-60
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.