Vetulonia parajeffreysi

Vetulonia parajeffreysi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Vetulonia parajeffreysi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Vetulonia
Species:
V. parajeffreysi
Binomial name
Vetulonia parajeffreysi
Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Vetulonia jeffreysi auct. non Dall, 1913
  • Vetulonia parajefferysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005 (misspelling)

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 730 m and 1600 m.

References

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  1. ^ Absalao, R. S. and A. D. Pimenta. 2005. New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Veliger 47: 193–201
  2. ^ a b Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.
  • Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. (2005). New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda, Trochidae). The Veliger 47(3): 193–201
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas