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Pleurotomella eulimenes

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Pleurotomella eulimenes
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella eulimenes
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. eulimenes
Binomial name
Pleurotomella eulimenes
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella eulimenes Melvill, 1906

Pleurotomella eulimenes 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 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

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  • Melvill J.C. (1904). Descriptions of twelve new species and one variety of marine Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1902–1904. Journal of Malacology. 11(4): 79-85
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.