Palazzia planorbis explained

Palazzia planorbis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA to Northern Brazil; off the Rockall Trough.

References

• Warén A., 1991: New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia; Sarsia 76: 53–124
• Rex M., 2002: Biogeography of the deep-sea gastropod Palazzia planorbis (Dall, 1927): an uncommon form of rarity; The Nautilus 116(1): 36–38