''Gymnobela angulosa'' is a species of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Raphitomidae
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.
Description
Distribution
This bathyal marine species was found in the Bougainville Trench,
New Guinea
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References
* Sysoev, AV. "Ultra-abyssal Findings of Mollusks of the Family Turridae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa) in the Pacific Ocean" Zoologichesky Zhurnal 67.8 (1988): p. 1122
External links
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angulosa
Gastropods described in 1988
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