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Pleurotomella formosa

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Pleurotomella formosa
Shell of Pleurotomella formosa
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. formosa
Binomial name
Pleurotomella formosa
(Jeffreys, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867)
  • Defrancia formosa Jeffreys, 1867
  • Pleurotomella packardii packardii Verrill, 1872

Pleurotomella formosa 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 varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.

The thin, opaque shell is, dark-colored. The sculpture is variable, the longitudinal varying from striae to ribs, sometimes nodulous. The suture is deep, with a sloping infrasutural groove. The sinus is remarkably deep and broad. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species was found at bathyal depths off the Faroes in the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

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