Mohnia abyssorum

Mohnia abyssorum
Shell of Mohnia abyssorum (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Mohnia
Species:	M. abyssorum
Binomial name
Mohnia abyssorum (Fischer P., 1883)
Synonyms
Fusus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1884 (original combination) Sipho hispidulus Verrill, 1885 Sipho profundicola Verrill & S. Smith, 1884 Sipho profundicola var. dispar Verrill & S. Smith, 1884 Tacita abyssorum (P. Fischer, 1884)

Mohnia abyssorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

The length of the shell attains 34.5 mm.

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This marine species occurs off the Azores.

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• Fischer, P. (1884 ["1883"]). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 31: 391-394
• Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

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