Photinula virginalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]
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Photinula virginalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Photinula |
Species: | P. virginalis
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Binomial name | |
Photinula virginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
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Synonyms[1] | |
Photinula viaginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 17.3 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Photinula virginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=864794 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Rochebrune A.-T. de & Mabille J. (1885). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d’une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. ser. 7, 9(3): 100-111.
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