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Parviturbo weberi

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Parviturbo weberi
Shell of Parviturbo weberi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. weberi
Binomial name
Parviturbo weberi
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945

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

Description

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The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and Brazil at depths up to 60 m.

References

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  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Rubio F., Rolán E. & Fernández-Garcés R. (2015). Revision of the genera Parviturbo and Pseudorbis (Gastropoda, Skeneidae). Iberus. 33(2): 167-259.
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  • Pilsbry H.A. & McGinty T.L. (1945). "Cyclostrematidae" and Vitrinellidae of Florida. I. Nautilus, 59(1): 1–13, pl. 1–2; II, Nautilus, 59(2): 52–60, pl. 6
  • "Parviturbo weberi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.