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

Pleurotomella demosia
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella demosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. demosia
Binomial name
Pleurotomella demosia
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia bulbulinula Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma demosia Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8 mm, the diameter 2.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Azores.

References

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  • Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
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  • Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
  • Gastropods.com: Pleurotomella demosia