Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR”

Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” is a species of yet udescibed (as of 2016)[1] sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR”
Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” and dead Bathymodiolus marisindicus mussel shells at base of active vent chimney at Longqi vent field
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Raphitomidae
Genus:
Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. n. sp. “SWIR”
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” (nomen nudum)

Distribution

This species is known only from Longqi vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge.[1]

References
  1. Copley, J. T.; Marsh, L.; Glover, A. G.; Hühnerbach, V.; Nye, V. E.; Reid, W. D. K.; Sweeting, C. J.; Wigham, B. D.; Wiklund, H. (2016). "Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge". Scientific Reports. 6: 39158. doi:10.1038/srep39158. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5155287. PMID 27966649.


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