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Pleuroploca lyonsi

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Pleuroploca lyonsi
Shell of Pleuroploca lyonsi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Pleuroploca
Species:
P. lyonsi
Binomial name
Pleuroploca lyonsi
Bozzetti, 2008[1]

Pleuroploca lyonsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Description

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The length attains 140.6 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar..

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