Petaloconchus intortus

Petaloconchus intortus
Petaloconchus intortus (Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyptrus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Petaloconchus
Species: P. intortus
Binomial name
Petaloconchus intortus
(Valenciennes, 1818)

Petaloconchus intortus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

References

  • Lamarck, J.-B., 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Tome 5 (1818): 1–612.


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