Vetulonia paucivaricosa

Vetulonia paucivaricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: (unassigned)
Genus: Vetulonia
Species: V. paucivaricosa
Binomial name
Vetulonia paucivaricosa
(Dautzenberg, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Brookula josephinae (Dall, 1927)
  • Machaeroplax cancellata (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Solariella cancellata var. paucivaricosa Dautzenberg 1889
  • Trochus cancellatus Jeffreys 1883
  • Vetulonia cancellata (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Vetulonia jeffreysi Dall, 1913
  • Vetulonia josephinae Dall 1927

Vetulonia paucivaricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the bathyal zone of the Azores and off Portugal, found at depths between 250 m and 805 m.

References


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