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    Pleurotomella formosa

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    Pleurotomella formosa
    Pleurotomella formosa 001.jpg
    Shell of Pleurotomella formosa
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Subclass: Caenogastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Superfamily: Conoidea
    Family: Raphitomidae
    Genus: Pleurotomella
    Species:
    P. formosa
    Binomial name
    Pleurotomella formosa
    (Jeffreys, 1867)
    Synonyms[1]
    • Clathurella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867)
    • Defrancia formosa Jeffreys, 1867
    • Pleurotomella packardii packardii Verrill, 1872

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

    Description[edit]

    The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.

    The thin, opaque shell is, dark-colored. The sculpture is variable, the longitudinal varying from striae to ribs, sometimes nodulous. The suture is deep, with a sloping infrasutural groove. The sinus is remarkably deep and broad. [2]

    Distribution[edit]

    This marine species was found at bathyal depths off the Faroes in the North Atlantic Ocean.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Pleurotomella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
    2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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