Phymorhynchus buccinoides explained

Phymorhynchus buccinoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

The Japanese name of this species is Tsubunari-shajiku.^[1]

Distribution

The type locality is off Hatsushima, Sagami Bay, 35°00.2' N, 139°13.5' E, Japan in depth 1160 m.^[1]

There is no known other locality up to 2005.^[1]

It lives in seeps.^[1]

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. Sasaki T., Okutani T. & Fujikura K. (2005). "Molluscs from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps in Japan: A Review of Taxa Recorded in Twenty Recent Years (1984-2004)". Venus 64(3-4): 87-133. PDF.