''Pleurotomella buccinoides'' 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). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella buccinoides (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868146 on 2019-09-07

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

* Shuto, T. "New turrid taxa from the Australian waters." Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Serie D Geol 25 (1983): 16.

External links

* buccinoides Gastropods described in 1983 Gastropods of Australia {{Raphitomidae-stub