Pleurotomella rossi

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

Pleurotomella rossi
Shell of Pleurotomella rossi (specimen 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. rossi
Binomial name
Pleurotomella rossi
Dell, 1990
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) rossi Dell, 1990

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 mm and 121 m.

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References

  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
  • Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
  • Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
  • Biolib.cz: image
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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