Punctabyssia tibbetsi

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Punctabyssia tibbetsi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Punctabyssia
Species:
P. tibbetsi
Binomial name
Punctabyssia tibbetsi
McLean, 1991

Punctabyssia tibbetsi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets. [1] [2]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs on the East Pacific Rise.

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Punctabyssia tibbetsi McLean, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716362 on 2013-02-02
  2. McLean, J.H. 1991. Four new pseudococculinid limpets collected by the deep-submersible Alvin in the eastern Pacific. The Veliger 34: 38–47.