Germonea rachelae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Subfamily:
Prosiphiinae
Tribe:
Prosiphonini
Genus:
Germonea
Species:
G. rachelae
Binomial name
Germonea rachelae
Harasewych & Kantor, 2004[1]

Germonea rachelae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.[2]

Description

The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled.

Distribution

The deep-sea of the Scotia Sea and adjacent abyssal plains and trenches.

References

  1. ↑ Harasewych M.G. & Kantor Y. I. (2004). "The deep-sea Buccinoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Scotia Sea and adjacent abyssal plains and trenches". The Nautilus 118(1): 1-42. p. 20.
  2. ↑ Germonea rachelae Harasewych & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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