Pleurotomella simillima

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

Pleurotomella simillima
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. simillima
Binomial name
Pleurotomella simillima
Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillima Thiele, 1912· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 m and 600 m.

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References

Abapertural view of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima
  • Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln, In: Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 (Erich von Drygalski, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin.
  • Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • 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
  • Gastropods.com: Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillima
  • Biolib.cz: image


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