Rocroithys perissus

Rocroithys perissus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Rocroithys perissus
Shell of Rocroithys perissus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Rocroithys
Species:
R. perissus
Binomial name
Rocroithys perissus
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Sysoev & Bouchet (2001). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :271-320. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. Rocroithys perissus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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