Parviturbo elegantulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Parviturbo |
| Species: | P. elegantulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parviturbo elegantulus (Philippi, 1844)
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Description
editThe size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Alboran Sea at depths between 120 m and 160 m.
References
edit- ^ Parviturbo elegantulus (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Philippi R. A., 1844, Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213