Pseudotorellia fragilis

Pseudotorellia fragilis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent, more or less internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[1]

Pseudotorellia fragilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
Family:
Velutinidae
Genus:
Pseudotorellia
Species:
P. fragilis
Binomial name
Pseudotorellia fragilis
Warén, 1989

Description

References
  1. Pseudotorellia fragilis Warén, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Pseudotorellia fragilis Warén, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141900 on 14 August 2010 .


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