Phymorhynchus turris
| Phymorhynchus turris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Phymorhynchus |
| Species: | P. turris |
| Binomial name | |
| Phymorhynchus turris Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003[1] | |
Phymorhynchus turris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
The Japanese name of this species is Seitaka-watazoko-shajiku.[3]
Distribution
The type locality is off Cape Muroto, Nankai Trough, 32°21.3' N, 134°32.0' E, Japan, in the depth 3540 m.[3]
It has been also collected from depths of 3581 m.[3]
It lives in seeps.[3]
References
- ↑ Okutani T. & Iwasaki N. (2003). "Noteworthy abyssal molluscs (excluding vesicomid bivalves) collected from the Nankai Trough off Shikoku by the ROV Kaiko of the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center". Venus 62: 1-10. page 6, fig. 3D.
- ↑ Phymorhynchus turris Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K. (2005). "Molluscs from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps in Japan: A Review of Taxa Recorded in Twenty Recent Years (1984-2004)". Venus 64(3-4): 87-133. PDF.
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