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Parviturbo elegantulus

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Parviturbo elegantulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species:
P. elegantulus
Binomial name
Parviturbo elegantulus
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Delphinula elegantula Philippi 1844
  • Trochus (Margarita) benoiti Granata-Grillo 1877

Parviturbo elegantulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea at depths between 120 m and 160 m.

References

  • Philippi R. A., 1844, Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213