''Pleurotomella bathybia'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella bathybia Strebel, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197014 on 2019-09-07]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
South Georgia Island &
South Sandwich Islands
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at depths between 94 m - 310 m.
References
* Strebel, Dr. H., die Gastropoden. In : Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901 — 1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, Band VI, Lfg. 1. - Mit 6 Tafeln.
* Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
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Nordenskjèold, Otto (1920), Wissenchaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen sèudpolar-expedition 1901-1903; monograph Bd.6=Zoologie 2 (1920); tockholm : Lithographisches institut des Generalstabs, 1920 related/Analytical: Ergehnisse, WissenschaftlicheGriffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213Diego G. Zelaya, Systematics and biogeography of marine gastropod molluscs from South Georgia; Spixiana volume: 28 pages: 109--139 date: 2005
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Gastropods described in 1908