Pleurotomella vaginata
Pleurotomella vaginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella vaginata | |
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| Shel land protoconch of Pleurotomella vaginata (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. vaginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella vaginata Dall, 1927 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm.
References
- Pleurotomella vaginata Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Dall, William Healey. "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 (1927)
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