Atomiscala xenophyes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Cimidae
Genus: Atomiscala
Species:
A. xenophyes
Binomial name
Atomiscala xenophyes
(Melvill & Standen, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimella xenophyes (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
  • Turbonilla xenophyes Melvill & Standen, 1912 (original combination)

Atomiscala xenophyes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cimidae.[1]

According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, this species does not belong in Eulimella [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2. 75 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2011)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

References

  1. ^ a b "Atomiscala xenophyes". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334

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