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Pleurotomella deliciosa

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Pleurotomella deliciosa
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella deliciosa
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. deliciosa
Binomial name
Pleurotomella deliciosa
Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) deliciosa Thiele, 1912
  • Typhlodaphne deliciosa Egorova 1982

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Davis Sea and the Weddell Sea, and Ross Sea,[2] Antarctica.

References

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  1. ^ a b Pleurotomella deliciosa Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Schiaparelli, Stefano; Ghiglione, Claudio; Alvaro, Maria Chiara; Griffiths, Huw J.; Linse, Katrin (2014). "Diversity, abundance and composition in macrofaunal molluscs from the Ross Sea (Antarctica): results of fine-mesh sampling along a latitudinal gradient". Polar Biology. 37 (6): 871.
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