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Phymorhynchus carinatus

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Phymorhynchus carinatus
Shell of Phymorhynchus carinatus (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species:
P. carinatus
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus carinatus
Waren & Bouchet, 2001

Phymorhynchus carinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

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This bathyal species occurs on the Logatchev site of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, at a depth of 3,000 m.

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