Phymorhynchus major

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

Phymorhynchus major
Shell of Phymorhynchus major (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Phymorhynchus
Species:	P. major
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus major Waren & Bouchet, 2001

Distribution

This species was found on the East Pacific Rise at a depth of 2,500 m.

References

1. Phymorhynchus major Waren & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.