Abyssothauma psilarosis

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Abyssothauma psilarosis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Abyssothauma
Species:
A. psilarosis
Binomial name
Abyssothauma psilarosis
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms [1]

Moniliopsis psilarosisBarnard, 1963 (original combination)

Contents

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

Description

Operculum narrow and amber-colored. Body pale, with eyes at the base of short tentacles. Radula with 15 pairs of elongate teeth. [2]

Distribution

This is a deep-sea species, occurring off South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). Abyssothauma psilarosis (Barnard, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432895 on 2019-01-31
  2. "Deep sea Mollusca from West of Cape Point, South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 46: 421. Retrieved 19 January 2022.