Pyrgophorus platyrachis
| Pyrgophorus platyrachis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgophorus |
| Species: | P. platyrachis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968
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Pyrgophorus platyrachis is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2010) |
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 5.3 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968. WoRMS (2010). Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419610 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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