Phymorhynchus ovatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Phymorhynchus ovatus (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Phymorhynchus |
| Species: | P. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phymorhynchus ovatus Waren & Bouchet, 2001
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 67 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was found at the Logatchev site, Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 3,000 m.
References edit
- ^ a b Phymorhynchus ovatus Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links edit
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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