Abyssochrysos

Abyssochrysos
anatomy of Abyssochrysos melanioides removed from the shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Abyssochrysidae
Genus: Abyssochrysos
Tomlin, 1927[1]
Type species
Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927

Abyssochrysos is a genus of bathyal sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Abyssochrysidae.[2]

  1. ^ Tomlin J. R. le B. (1927). "Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, II: Families Abyssochrysidae, Oocorythidae, Haliotidae, Tonnidae". Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77-83, 4 figures. page 77.
  2. ^ Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.