Atomiscala xenophyes

Atomiscala xenophyes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Family:Pyramidellidae
Genus:Atomiscala
Species: A. xenophyes
Binomial name
Atomiscala xenophyes
(Melvill & Standen, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Eulimella xenophyes (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
  • Turbonilla xenophyes Melvill & Standen, 1912 (original combination)

Atomiscala xenophyes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, this species does not belong in Eulimella [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2. 75 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Atomiscala xenophyes (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736281 on 2015-04-19
  2. ↑ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334


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