Pleurotomella amphiblestrum

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

Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. amphiblestrum
Binomial name
Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella amphiblestrum Melvill, 1904
  • Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphiblestrum' Melvill, 1906

Description

The length of this shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman

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References

  • MELVILL, J. COSMO. "DESCRIPTIONS OF TWENTY-THREE SPECIES OF GASTROPODA FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, GULF OF OMAN, AND ARABIAN SEA, DREDGED BY MR. FW TOWNSEND, OF THE INDOEUROPEAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE, IN 1903." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.1 (1904): 51-60
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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