Antarctodomus powelli

Antarctodomus powelli
Shell of Antarctodomus powelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Antarctodomus
Species:	A. powelli
Binomial name
Antarctodomus powelli (Dell, 1995

Antarctodomus powelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 34 mm, its diameter 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Hikurangi Trough and Bounty Trough (New Zealand) at depths between 1373 m and 2602 m; also off Tasmania, Australia.

References

1. Antarctodomus powelli Dell, 1995 . 6 September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Dell, R. K. (1995). New species and records of deep-water mollusca from off New Zealand. Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 2, 1-26.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• New Zealand Mollusca: image of holotype