Phymorhynchus carinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Phymorhynchus carinatus (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Phymorhynchus |
| Species: | P. carinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phymorhynchus carinatus Waren & Bouchet, 2001
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 15 mm.
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Distribution
editThis bathyal species occurs on the Logatchev site of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, at a depth of 3,000 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Phymorhynchus carinatus Waren & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
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