Pleurotomella rossi

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Pleurotomella rossi
Shell of Pleurotomella rossi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. rossi
Binomial name
Pleurotomella rossi
Dell, 1990
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) rossi Dell, 1990

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pleurotomella rossi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links[edit]

  • 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.