Pleurotomella benedicti

Pleurotomella benedicti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species: P. benedicti
Binomial name
Pleurotomella benedicti
Verrill, 1884

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

Distribution

P. benedicti can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts south to the Lesser Antilles.[2]

References

  1. Pleurotomella benedicti Verrill, 1884.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.


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