Protolira thorvaldssoni

Protolira thorvaldssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Protolira thorvaldssoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Protolira
Species:
P. thorvaldssoni
Binomial name
Protolira thorvaldssoni
Warén, 1996
Synonyms[1]

Protolira thorvaldsoni (Warén, 1996)

Description

The shell attains a diameter of 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge off southwestern Iceland found on decaying whalebone at a depth of a few hundred metres.

References


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