Pleurotomella formosa

Pleurotomella formosa
	Shell of Pleurotomella formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	P. formosa
Binomial name
	Pleurotomella formosa; (Jeffreys, 1867)
Synonyms
	Clathurella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867); Defrancia formosa Jeffreys, 1867; Pleurotomella packardii packardii Verrill, 1872;

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.

The thin, opaque shell is, dark-colored. The sculpture is variable, the longitudinal varying from striae to ribs, sometimes nodulous. The suture is deep, with a sloping infrasutural groove. The sinus is remarkably deep and broad. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found at bathyal depths off the Faroes in the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

1 2 Pleurotomella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Pleurotomella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Pleurotomella formosa

Shell of Pleurotomella formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	P. formosa
Binomial name
*Pleurotomella formosa* (Jeffreys, 1867)
Synonyms^[1]
Clathurella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867) Defrancia formosa Jeffreys, 1867 Pleurotomella packardii packardii Verrill, 1872