Atomiscala xenophyes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Cimidae |
| Genus: | Atomiscala |
| Species: | A. xenophyes
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| Binomial name | |
| Atomiscala xenophyes (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
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Atomiscala xenophyes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cimidae.[1]
According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, this species does not belong in Eulimella.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 2. 75 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Atomiscala xenophyes". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334