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Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi

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Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi
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. hyfifluxi
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi
Beck, L., 1996

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species has been found on hydrothermal vents in the north Fiji Basin.

References

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  • Beck L.A. (1996) Systematic position and relationship of Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi n. sp., a further new turrid gastropod species associated with hydrothermal vent sites in the north Fiji Basin. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126: 109–115.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.