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Pleurotomella allisoni

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Pleurotomella allisoni
Shell of Pleurotomella allisoni (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. allisoni
Binomial name
Pleurotomella allisoni
Rehder & Ladd, 1973

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


Description

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The length (incomplete) of the shell attains 17.6 mm, its diameter 6.6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs on Mid-Pacific Seamounts between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii at depths between 1582 m and 1617 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella allisoni Rehder & Ladd, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719673 on 2019-08-28
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  • Gastropods.com: Pleurotomella allisoni
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.