Protolira thorvaldssoni

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Protolira thorvaldssoni		Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Skeneidae Rank Species

Protolira thorvaldssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The shell attains a diameter of 2.5 mm.

This species occurs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge off southwestern Iceland found on decaying whalebone at a depth of a few hundred metres.

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