Provanna sculpta

Provanna sculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[1]

Provanna sculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Abyssochrysoidea
Family:	Provannidae
Genus:	Provanna
Species:	P. sculpta
Binomial name
Provanna sculpta Warén & Ponder, 1991

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7.1 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 576 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 576 m.[2]

References

1. Provanna sculpta Warén & Ponder, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.