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Curtitoma lawrenciana

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Curtitoma lawrenciana
Shell of Curtitoma lawrenciana (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Curtitoma
Species:
C. lawrenciana
Binomial name
Curtitoma lawrenciana
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela tenuilirata Krause, 1886 (not Dall, 1871)
  • Lora lawrenciana Dall, 1919
  • Lora nazanensis Dall, 1919

Curtitoma lawrenciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Chukchi Sea, Northeast Russia, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan and off the Aleutians; found at depths between 62 m and 800 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b Curtitoma lawrenciana (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
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