Pleurotomella rossi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella rossi | |
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| Shell of Pleurotomella rossi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. rossi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella rossi Dell, 1990
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) rossi Dell, 1990 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 mm and 121 m.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b Pleurotomella rossi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links edit
- Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
- Biolib.cz: image
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.