Sutilizona pterodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Sutilizonidae.[2]
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| Shell of Sutilizona pterodon (holotype at MNHN? Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | S. pterodon
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| Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001[1]
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Description edit
The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References edit
- ^ Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.