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Protolira valvatoides

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Protolira valvatoides
Shell of Protolira valvatoides (holotype 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: Protolira
Species:
P. valvatoides
Binomial name
Protolira valvatoides
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

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

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species is found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Protolira valvatoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P., 1993: New, records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps; Zoologica Scripta 22: 1–90
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