Protolira valvatoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Protolira valvatoides | |
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| Shell of Protolira valvatoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Protolira |
| Species: | P. valvatoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Description edit
The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species is found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[2]
References edit
- ^ Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Protolira valvatoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Warén A. & Bouchet P., 1993: New, records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps; Zoologica Scripta 22: 1–90
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