Pleurotomella vaginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella vaginata | |
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| Shel land protoconch of Pleurotomella vaginata (syntype 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. vaginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella vaginata Dall, 1927
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Georgia and Florida, USA at a depth of 805 m.
References edit
- ^ a b Pleurotomella vaginata Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Dall, William Healey. "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1885 and 1886." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1927)