Petaloconchus mcgintyi

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| image_caption = Petaloconchus mcgintyi, ventral view, scale bar 0.25 mm.

| taxon = Petaloconchus mcgintyi

| authority = Olsson & Harbison, 1953

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Petaloconchus mcgintyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.{{WRMS species|419552|Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953|||WoRMS (2010). Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419552 on 9 July 2010}}

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 61 m.

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Category:Vermetidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1953

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