Parviturbo elegantulus

Parviturbo elegantulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species: P. elegantulus
Binomial name
Parviturbo elegantulus
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Delphinula elegantula Philippi 1844
  • Trochus (Margarita) benoiti Granata-Grillo 1877

Parviturbo elegantulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea at depths between 120 m and 160 m.

References


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