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Pachydermia sculpta

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Pachydermia sculpta
Shell of Pachydermia sculpta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Pachydermia
Species:
P. sculpta
Binomial name
Pachydermia sculpta
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Pachydermia sculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species was found in the North Fiji Basin at a depth of 2000 m.

References

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  • Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.
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