Pleurotomella demosia

Pleurotomella demosia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella demosia
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella demosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. demosia
Binomial name
Pleurotomella demosia
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia bulbulinula Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma demosia Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, the diameter 2.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores.

References

  • Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls


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