Pleurotomella simillima

Pleurotomella simillima
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	P. simillima
Binomial name
Pleurotomella simillima Thiele, 1912
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillimaThiele, 1912· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

The shell length varies from 6 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 m and 600 m.

References

1. Pleurotomella simillima Thiele, 1912 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

External links

Abapertural view of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima

• Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln, In: Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 (Erich von Drygalski, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin.
• Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
• Gastropods.com: Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillima
• Biolib.cz: image