Pyrgospira obeliscus

Pyrgospira obeliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
Species: P. obeliscus
Binomial name
Pyrgospira obeliscus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia nautica Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932
  • Drillia aenone Dall, W.H., 1919
  • Crassispira tomliniana Melvill, J.C., 1927
  • Pleurotoma obeliscus Reeve, 1845

Pyrgospira obeliscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua to Panama; off the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.

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