Provanna laevis

Species of gastropod

Provanna laevis
Shell of Provanna laevis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Provannidae
Genus: Provanna
Species:
P. laevis
Binomial name
Provanna laevis
Warén & Ponder, 1991

Provanna laevis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Guaymas Transform Ridge, Gulf of California, Western Mexico

References

  1. ^ Provanna laevis Warén & Ponder, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  • Warén A. & Ponder W.F. (1991). New species, anatomy, and systematic position of the hydrothermal vent and hydrocarbon seep gastropod family Provannidae fam.n. (Caenogastropoda). Zoologica Scripta. 20(1): 27-56
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231
Taxon identifiers
Provanna laevis
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