Phymorhynchus ovatus

Phymorhynchus ovatus
Shell of Phymorhynchus ovatus (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. ovatus
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus ovatus
Waren & Bouchet, 2001

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 67 mm.

Distribution

This species was found at the Logatchev site, Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 3,000 m.

References

  1. ^ a b Phymorhynchus ovatus Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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