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Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR"

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Species of gastropod

Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR”
Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” and dead Bathymodiolus marisindicus mussel shells at base of active vent chimney at Longqi vent field
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Phymorhynchus
Species: P. n. sp. “SWIR”
Binomial name
Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” (nomen nudum)

Phymorhynchus n. sp. “SWIR” is a species of as-yet-undescribed (as of 2016) sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Distribution

This species is known only from Longqi vent field in Southwest Indian Ridge.

Description

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References

  1. ^ Copley, J. T.; Marsh, L.; Glover, A. G.; Hühnerbach, V.; Nye, V. E.; Reid, W. D. K.; Sweeting, C. J.; Wigham, B. D.; Wiklund, H. (2016). "Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge". Scientific Reports. 6: 39158. Bibcode:2016NatSR...639158C. doi:10.1038/srep39158. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5155287. PMID 27966649.


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