Pseudotorinia phorcysi
Shell of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Architectonicoidea
Family:
Architectonicidae
Genus:
Pseudotorinia
Species:
P. phorcysi
Binomial name
Pseudotorinia phorcysi
Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014

Pseudotorinia phorcysi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1] [2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 2.69 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South-east Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ Cavallari, D.C.; Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2014). "Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil" (PDF). Spixiana. 37 (1): 35–43. ISSN 0341-8391.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815856 on 2022-02-25
  • Rodrigo Salvador & Daniel Cavallari (2016): Range extension of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (Gastropoda: Architectonicidae) from the SW Atlantic, with remarks on its ontogeny; Zootaxa 4175 (5): 491–493


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