Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR"

Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR"
Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR" and dead Bathymodiolus marisindicus mussel shells at base of active vent chimney at Longqi vent field
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Phymorhynchus
Species:	P. n. sp. "SWIR"
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR" (nomen nudum)

Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR" is a species of as-yet-undescribed (as of 2016) ^[1] sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Distribution

This species is known only from Longqi vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge. ^[1]

References

1. Copley, J. T.; Marsh, L.; Glover, A. G.; Hühnerbach, V.; Nye, V. E.; Reid, W. D. K.; Sweeting, C. J.; Wigham, B. D.; Wiklund, H. (2016). "Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge". Scientific Reports. 6 39158. Bibcode:2016NatSR...639158C. doi:10.1038/srep39158. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   5155287 . PMID   27966649.