''Provanna lomana'' 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 Provannidae
Provannidae is a family of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfmaily Abyssochrysoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 and updated in 2008 by Kaim et al.). MolluscaBase eds. (2021) ...
.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Point Loma, San Diego County, California, in seeps, vents and whale-falls.
References
* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). ''Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records''. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231
lomana
Gastropods described in 1918
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