Pyramidella hancocki

Pyramidella hancocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species: P. hancocki
Binomial name
Pyramidella hancocki
Strong & Hertlein, 1939

Pyramidella hancocki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama Bay.

References

  1. WoRMS (2011). Pyramidella hancocki Strong & Hertlein, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575941 on 2012-01-12
  2. Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064

External links

External identifiers for Pyramidella hancocki
WoRMS 575941


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