Tuskaroria ultraabyssalis

Tuskaroria ultraabyssalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Tuskaroria ultraabyssalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tuskaroria
Species:
T. ultraabyssalis
Binomial name
Tuskaroria ultraabyssalis
Sysoev, 1988

Description

Distribution

This deep-sea species was found off the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench, Northern Pacific.

References

  • Sysoev, A. V. "Ultra-abyssal findings of mollusks of the family Turridae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa) in the Pacific Ocean." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 67.7 (1988): 965-973.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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