Phymorhynchus turris

Phymorhynchus turris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Phymorhynchus turris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. turris
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus turris
Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003[1]

The Japanese name of this species is Seitaka-watazoko-shajiku.[3]

Description

Distribution

The type locality of this marine species is off Cape Muroto, Nankai Trough, 32°21.3' N, 134°32.0' E, Japan, in hydrothermal vents at 3540 m.[3]

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References

  1. Okutani T. & Iwasaki N. (2003). "Noteworthy abyssal molluscs (excluding vesicomid bivalves) collected from the Nankai Trough off Shikoku by the ROV Kaiko of the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center". Venus 62: 1-10. page 6, fig. 3D.
  2. Phymorhynchus turris Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  3. Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K. (2005). "Molluscs from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps in Japan: A Review of Taxa Recorded in Twenty Recent Years (1984-2004)". Venus 64(3-4): 87-133. PDF.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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