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

Pleurotomella corrida
Shell and protoconch of Pleurotomella corrida (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. corrida
Binomial name
Pleurotomella corrida
Dall, 1927

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is found off the coast of Georgia to Florida, USA

References

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  1. ^ a b Pleurotomella corrida Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
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  • Dall, W.H. (1927). "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1885 and 1886". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70 (2667): 1–134. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.70-2667.1.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Edward J. Petuch, Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks; CRC Press, 2013