Pleurotomella simillima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella simillima | |
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| Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. simillima
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella simillima Thiele, 1912
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillima Thiele, 1912· accepted, alternate representation | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b Pleurotomella simillima Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
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- 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