Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Provannidae Scientific name Cordesia provannoides | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Abyssochrysoidea Species C. provannoides Rank Genus | |
Similar Provanna, Provannidae, Alviniconcha, Caenogastropoda | ||
Cordesia provannoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.
Cordesia provannoides is the only species in the genus Cordesia.
Distribution
This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.
Larvae of the Cordesia provannoides, or a very similar species, has been collected 0–100 m below the surface in the tropical East Atlantic overlying a total water depth of 4570 m.
References
Cordesia provannoides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA