Mohnia abyssorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Mohnia abyssorum
Shell of Mohnia abyssorum (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Mohnia
Species:
M. abyssorum
Binomial name
Mohnia abyssorum
(Fischer P., 1883)
Synonyms
  • Fusus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1884 (original combination)
  • Sipho hispidulus Verrill, 1885
  • Sipho profundicola Verrill & S. Smith, 1884
  • Sipho profundicola var. dispar Verrill & S. Smith, 1884
  • Tacita abyssorum (P. Fischer, 1884)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 34.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Azores.

References

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  • Mayhew, R.; Cole, F. (1994). A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo.
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
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