''Pseudotorinia phorcysi'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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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 ...
mollusc
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in the family
Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815856 on 2022-02-25]
Description
The size of the shell attains 2.69 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South-east
Brazil
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.
References
* Rodrigo Salvador & Daniel Cavallari (2016): ''Range extension of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (Gastropoda: Architectonicidae) from the SW Atlantic, with remarks on its ontogeny''; Zootaxa 4175 (5): 491–493
Architectonicidae
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