Provanna laevis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[1]
Provanna laevis | |
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Shell of Provanna laevis (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Provannidae |
Genus: | Provanna |
Species: | P. laevis
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Binomial name | |
Provanna laevis Warén & Ponder, 1991
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Guaymas Transform Ridge, Gulf of California, Western Mexico
References
edit- ^ Provanna laevis Warén & Ponder, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
External links
edit- Warén A. & Ponder W.F. (1991). New species, anatomy, and systematic position of the hydrothermal vent and hydrocarbon seep gastropod family Provannidae fam.n. (Caenogastropoda). Zoologica Scripta. 20(1): 27-56
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231
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