Pleurotomella corrida

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

Pleurotomella corrida
Shell and protoconch of Pleurotomella corrida (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. corrida
Binomial name
Pleurotomella corrida
Dall, 1927

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Georgia to Florida, USA

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References

  • Dall W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1-13
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Edward J. Petuch, Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks; CRC Press, 2013


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