Palazzia planorbis

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Palazzia planorbis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Palazzia
Species:
P. planorbis
Binomial name
Palazzia planorbis
(Dall, 1927) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lippistes planorbisDall 1927 (original combination)

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, United States down to Northern Brazil off the Rockall Trough.

References

  1. Dall W. H., 1927: Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886; Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70 (18): 1–134
  2. Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2013.