Petaloconchus mcgintyi

Petaloconchus mcgintyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.^[1]

Petaloconchus mcgintyi
Petaloconchus mcgintyi, ventral view, scale bar 0.25 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Petaloconchus
Species:	P. mcgintyi
Binomial name
Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 61 m.^[2]