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

Parviturbo comptus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species:
P. comptus
Binomial name
Parviturbo comptus
(Woodring, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Fossarus comptus Woodring, 1928
  • Parviturboides comptus (Woodring, 1928)

Description

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The size of the shell attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and off the West Indies (Curacao, Puerto Rico)

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Parviturbo comptus (Woodring, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533251 on 2012-09-01
  • Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls.
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