Pseudotorinia phorcysi

Pseudotorinia phorcysi
Shell of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Pseudotorinia
Species:	P. phorcysi
Binomial name
Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014

Pseudotorinia phorcysi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of the shell attains 2.69 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South-east Brazil.

References

1. Cavallari, D.C.; Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2014). "Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil" (PDF). Spixiana. 37 (1): 35–43. ISSN   0341-8391.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815856 on 2022-02-25

• Rodrigo Salvador & Daniel Cavallari (2016): Range extension of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (Gastropoda: Architectonicidae) from the SW Atlantic, with remarks on its ontogeny; Zootaxa 4175 (5): 491–493