Micropleurotoma melvilli

Micropleurotoma melvilli
Micropleurotoma melvilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Cochlespirinae
Genus: Micropleurotoma
Species: M. melvilli
Binomial name
Micropleurotoma melvilli
(Sykes, 1906)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Spirotropis melvilli Sykes, 1906

Micropleurotoma melvilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal at depths between 1340 m and 2000 m.

References

  1. ^ Sykes E. R. (1906). "On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part 3". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190.
  2. ^ a b Micropleurotoma melvilli (Sykes, 1906).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141867 on 31 March 2010.

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