Pleurotomella packardii

Pleurotomella packardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species: P. packardii
Binomial name
Pleurotomella packardii
A. E. Verrill, 1872
Synonyms
  • Pleurotomella formosa Jeffreys, J.G., 1883
  • Pleurotomella saffordi A. E. Verrill. & S. I. Smith, 1884
  • Mangilia formosa curta (f) Locard, E.A.A., 1897

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

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the bathyal northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Maine.

References

  1. Pleurotomella packardii A. E. Verrill, 1872.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 January 2011.

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