Sutilizona pterodon
Appearance
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | S. pterodon
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Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001[1]
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Sutilizona pterodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Sutilizonidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
- ^ Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.