Pleurotomella packardii

Pleurotomella packardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species: P. packardii
Binomial name
Pleurotomella packardii
A. E. Verrill, 1872
Synonyms
  • Pleurotomella formosa Jeffreys, J.G., 1883
  • Pleurotomella saffordi A. E. Verrill. & S. I. Smith, 1884
  • Mangilia formosa curta (f) Locard, E.A.A., 1897

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

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the bathyal northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Maine.

References

  1. ↑ Pleurotomella packardii A. E. Verrill, 1872.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 January 2011.


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