Pleurotomella frigida

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Pleurotomella frigida
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella frigida
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. frigida
Binomial name
Pleurotomella frigida
Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) frigida Thiele, 1912

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 5.2 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Davis Sea and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pleurotomella frigida Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links[edit]

  • Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183-286 (Erich von Drygalski, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin.
  • Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213