Pleurotomella circumvoluta

Pleurotomella circumvoluta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species: P. circumvoluta
Binomial name
Pleurotomella circumvoluta
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia detecta (Dall, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma circumvoluta Watson, 1881 (original description)
  • Pleurotoma detecta Dall, 1881 (non des Moulins, 1842)

Pleurotomella circumvoluta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

P. circumvoluta can be found in Atlantic waters, in the Florida Strait.[2] and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Dry Tortugas.

References

  1. 1 2 Pleurotomella circumvoluta (Watson, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.

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