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Pyrgophorus platyrachis

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Species of gastropod

Pyrgophorus platyrachis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Pyrgophorus
Species: P. platyrachis
Binomial name
Pyrgophorus platyrachis
F. G. Thompson, 1968

Pyrgophorus platyrachis is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.3 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.

References

  1. Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968. WoRMS (2010). Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419610 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pyrgophorus platyrachis


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