Vetulonia parajeffreysi

Vetulonia parajeffreysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Vetulonia
Species:	V. parajeffreysi
Binomial name
Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Vetulonia jeffreysiauct. non Dall, 1913 Vetulonia parajefferysiAbsalão & Pimenta, 2005 (misspelling)

Vetulonia parajeffreysi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. ^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 730 m and 1600 m.

References

1. Absalao, R. S. and A. D. Pimenta. 2005. New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Veliger 47: 193–201
2. Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2013.

• Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. (2005). New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda, Trochidae). The Veliger 47(3): 193–201
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas