Sutilizona pterodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Sutilizonidae.[2]
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| Shell of Sutilizona pterodon (holotype at MNHN? Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Sutilizonidae |
| Genus: | Sutilizona |
| Species: | S. pterodon
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| Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a size of 2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
edit- ^ Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.