Sutilizona pterodon

Sutilizona pterodon
Shell of Sutilizona pterodon (holotype at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Sutilizonidae
Genus:	Sutilizona
Species:	S. pterodon
Binomial name
Sutilizona pterodon Warén & Bouchet, 2001

Sutilizona pterodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Sutilizonidae.

Description

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The shell grows to a size of 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

• Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231
• Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.