Vetulonia parajeffreysi

Vetulonia parajeffreysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: (unassigned)
Genus: Vetulonia
Species: V. parajeffreysi
Binomial name
Vetulonia parajeffreysi
Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Vetulonia jeffreysi auct. non Dall, 1913
  • Vetulonia parajefferysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 (misspelling)

Vetulonia parajeffreysi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 730 m and 1600 m.

References

  1. Absalao, R. S. and A. D. Pimenta. 2005. New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Veliger 47: 193-201
  2. 1 2 Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.

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