Parviturbo comptus

Parviturbo comptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species: P. comptus
Binomial name
Parviturbo comptus
(Woodring, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Fossarus comptus Woodring, 1928
  • Parviturboides comptus (Woodring, 1928)

Parviturbo comptus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and off the West Indies (Curacao, Puerto Rico)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Parviturbo comptus (Woodring, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533251 on 2012-09-01
External identifiers for Parviturbo comptus
Encyclopedia of Life 586348
ITIS 204926
WoRMS 533251


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