Protolira valvatoides
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| taxon = Protolira valvatoides
| image = Protolira valvatoides (MNHN-IM-2000-31329).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Protolira valvatoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
| authority = Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Protolira valvatoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|180901|Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993||21 April 2010}}
Description
The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.
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Distribution
This species is found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.{{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=22022|title=Protolira valvatoides|access-date=16 August 2011}}
References
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- Warén A. & Bouchet P., 1993: New, records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps; Zoologica Scripta 22: 1–90
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89329#page/1/mode/1up Kiehl, Shell structures of selected gastropods from hydrothermal vents and seeps; Malacologia v. 46, 2004]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1993
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