Phymorhynchus turris

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Phymorhynchus turris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. turris
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus turris
Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003 [1]

Phymorhynchus turris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [2]

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The Japanese name of this species is Seitaka-watazoko-shajiku. [3]

Distribution

The type locality of this marine species is off Cape Muroto, Nankai Trough, 32°21.3' N, 134°32.0' E, Japan, in hydrothermal vents at 3540 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Okutani T. & Iwasaki N. (2003). "Noteworthy abyssal molluscs (excluding vesicomid bivalves) collected from the Nankai Trough off Shikoku by the ROV Kaiko of the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center". Venus62: 1-10. page 6, fig. 3D.
  2. ↑ Phymorhynchus turris Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K. (2005). "Molluscs from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps in Japan: A Review of Taxa Recorded in Twenty Recent Years (1984-2004)". Venus64(3-4): 87-133. PDF.


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