Petaloconchus erectus

Species of gastropod

Petaloconchus erectus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Vermetidae
Genus:  | Petaloconchus
Species:  |

P. erectus

Binomial name
Petaloconchus erectus

(Dall, 1888)

Petaloconchus erectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

## Distribution

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## Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.[2]

## Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1400 m.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888). WoRMS (2010). Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419550 on 9 July 2010 .
2. ^ a b c 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.

Taxon identifiers

Petaloconchus erectus|

* Wikidata: Q3174284
* CoL: 4FCK9
* EoL: 461766
* GBIF: 2302351
* iNaturalist: 254691
* IRMNG: 10939986
* ITIS: 71358
* NCBI: 766169
* OBIS: 419550
* Open Tree of Life: 348006
* SeaLifeBase: 4001
* WoRMS: 419550

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