Parviturbo fenestratus

Parviturbo fenestratus
Original drawing of a shell of Parviturbo fenestratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species: P. fenestratus
Binomial name
Parviturbo fenestratus
(Chaster, 1896)
Synonyms

Cyclostrema fenestratum Chaster, 1896 (original combination)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and of Tanger, Morocco.

References


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