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Pleurotomella innocentia (Dell 1990)

Pleurotomella innocentia

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

This species is considered by Kantor, Yuri I., and M. G. Harasewych (2013) as a synonym of Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm. The shell is spiraled and generally a brownish or white color. It is pointed at the top.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Georgia Island and off Port Alfred, Rep. South Africa, and in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pleurotomella innocentia (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881094 on 2018-02-20
  2. ^ Hardy, Eddie. "Typhlodaphne innocentia". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. "Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1990.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

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Pleurotomella innocentia: Brief Summary

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Pleurotomella innocentia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

This species is considered by Kantor, Yuri I., and M. G. Harasewych (2013) as a synonym of Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908.

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