Parviturbo acuticostatus
| Parviturbo acuticostatus | |
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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. acuticostatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parviturbo acuticostatus (Carpenter, 1864)
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Parviturbo acuticostatus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The maximum diameter of the shell can reach 3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2012). Parviturbo acuticostatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575621 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
[edit]- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species