Parviturbo tuberculosus

Parviturbo tuberculosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species: P. tuberculosus
Binomial name
Parviturbo tuberculosus
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochus (Delphinula) tuberculosa d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Parviturbo venezuelensis Weisbord, 1962

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Jamaica, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands at a depth of 6 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Parviturbo tuberculosus (d'Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723686 on 2013-11-06
External identifiers for Parviturbo tuberculosus
WoRMS 723686


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