Gymnobela lamyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Gymnobela lamyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Gymnobela |
| Species: | G. lamyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnobela lamyi (Dautzenberg, 1925)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) lamyi Dautzenberg, 1925 | |
The classification of this species in the genus Gymnobela is under consideration because the shell characters show a considerable divergence from those of the other species in the genus. Furthermore, no soft part are known. [2]
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Azores at a depth of 1250 m.
References edit
- Dautzenberg P. (1925). Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1-12
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.