Pleurotomella amphiblestrum

Pleurotomella amphiblestrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. amphiblestrum
Binomial name
Pleurotomella amphiblestrum
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella amphiblestrum Melvill, 1904
  • Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphiblestrum Melvill, 1906

Description edit

The length of this shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman

References edit

External links edit

  • MELVILL, J. COSMO. "DESCRIPTIONS OF TWENTY-THREE SPECIES OF GASTROPODA FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, GULF OF OMAN, AND ARABIAN SEA, DREDGED BY MR. FW TOWNSEND, OF THE INDOEUROPEAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE, IN 1903." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.1 (1904): 51-60
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.