Pleurotomella bathybia

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

Pleurotomella bathybia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	P. bathybia
Binomial name
Pleurotomella bathybia Strebel, 1908
Synonyms[1]
Lorabela bathybia (Strebel, 1908) Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) bathybia Strebel, 1908· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Georgia Island & South Sandwich Islands at depths between 94 m - 310 m.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella bathybia Strebel, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197014 on 2019-09-07

• Strebel, Dr. H., die Gastropoden. In : Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901 — 1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, Band VI, Lfg. 1. - Mit 6 Tafeln.
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Nordenskjèold, Otto (1920), Wissenchaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen sèudpolar-expedition 1901-1903; monograph Bd.6=Zoologie 2 (1920); tockholm : Lithographisches institut des Generalstabs, 1920 related/Analytical: Ergehnisse, Wissenschaftliche
• 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
• Diego G. Zelaya, Systematics and biogeography of marine gastropod molluscs from South Georgia; Spixiana volume: 28 pages: 109--139 date: 2005