Pelicaria vermis

Pelicaria vermis
Dorsal view of a shell of Pelicaria vermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Struthiolariidae
Genus:	Pelicaria
Species:	P. vermis
Binomial name
Pelicaria vermis Neef, 1970
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784 (basionym) Murex australis Gmelin, 1791 † Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953 † Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953 † Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924 † Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924 Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822 † Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924 Struthiolaria inermis G.B. Sowerby I, 1821 † Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924 Struthiolaria tricarinata Lesson, 1841 Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970 Struthiolaria vermis flemingi Neef, 1970 Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970 Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970 Struthiolaria vermis vellai Neef, 1970 Struthiolaria vermis wellmani Neef, 1970

Pelicaria vermis, known as the small ostrich foot shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

Shell of Pelicaria vermis, apertural view

Description

The shell height is up to 54 mm, and width up to 35 mm.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) vermis vermis; accessed : 11 March 2011

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564560 on 2011-03-11

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Beu A.G. (2010) Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40(3): 59-180, p. 102