Triptychus litosbathron

Triptychus litosbathron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Triptychus
Species: T. litosbathron
Binomial name
Triptychus litosbathron
Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008 [1]

Triptychus litosbathron is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 45 mm and 175 m.

References

  1. ↑ Pimenta, A. D., F. N. Santos and R. S. Absalao. 2008. Review of the genera Ividia, Folinella, Oscilla, Pseudoscilla, Tryptichus [sic] and Peristichia (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. Veliger 50: 171-184
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Triptychus litosbathron Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458149 on 2012-01-12


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