Parviturbo tuberculosus
| Parviturbo tuberculosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Parviturbo |
| Species: | P. tuberculosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parviturbo tuberculosus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
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Parviturbo tuberculosus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Jamaica, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands at a depth of 6 m.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Parviturbo tuberculosus (d'Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723686 on 2013-11-06
- d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques. Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2: 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris.
- Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193): 672 pp., 48 pls.
External links[edit]
- Orbigny A. d' (1842-1853). Mollusques. Vol 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, 1842; pp. 113-128, 1844; pp. 129-224, 1847; pp. 225-380, 1853]. In: Sagra, R. de la (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris (mentioned as binomen Delphinula tuberculosa under subgenus Delphinula of genus Trochus)
- World Register of Marine Species