Biology:Abyssothauma psilarosis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Abyssothauma psilarosis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Abyssothauma
Species:
A. psilarosis
Binomial name
Abyssothauma psilarosis
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms[1]

Moniliopsis psilarosis Barnard, 1963 (original combination)

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

Description

Operculum narrow and amber-colored. Body pale, with eyes at the base of short tentacles. Radula with 15 pairs of elongate teeth.[2]

Distribution

This is a deep-sea species, occurring off South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2019). Abyssothauma psilarosis (Barnard, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432895 on 2019-01-31
  2. "Deep sea Mollusca from West of Cape Point, South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 46: 421. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/76280. Retrieved 2022-01-19. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13221789 entry