Petaloconchus mcgintyi

Petaloconchus mcgintyi
	Petaloconchus mcgintyi, ventral view, scale bar 0.25 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vermetoidea
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Petaloconchus
Species:	P. mcgintyi
Binomial name
	Petaloconchus mcgintyi; Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Petaloconchus mcgintyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 61 m.[2]

Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953. WoRMS (2010). Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419552 on 9 July 2010 .
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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