Paziella atlantis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Paziella atlantis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Paziella |
Species: | P. atlantis
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Binomial name | |
Paziella atlantis (Clench & Farfante, 1945)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe size of the shell reaches 24 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Cuba.
References
edit- ^ a b Paziella atlantis (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164