Petaloconchus varians

Petaloconchus varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vermetoidea
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Petaloconchus
Species:	P. varians
Binomial name
	Petaloconchus varians; (d’Orbigny, 1839)

Petaloconchus varians is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 200 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

Petaloconchus varians (d’Orbigny, 1839). WoRMS (2010). Petaloconchus varians (d’Orbigny, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419554 on 9 July 2010 .
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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