Phymorhynchus speciosus

Phymorhynchus speciosus
Shell of Phymorhynchus speciosus (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Phymorhynchus
Species:	P. speciosus
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus speciosus Olsson, 1971

Phymorhynchus speciosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 37 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Panama at a depth of 3,200 m.

References

1. Phymorhynchus speciosus Olsson, 1971 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Olsson, Axel A. "Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 77. Mollusks from the Gulf of Panama collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury, 1967." Bulletin of Marine Science 21.1 (1971): 35–92.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Gastropods.com: Phymorhynchus speciosus