Pyrgospira ostrearum

Pyrgospira ostrearum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
Species: P. ostrearum
Binomial name
Pyrgospira ostrearum
(Stearns, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)
  • Drillia ostrearum Stearns, 1872 (original combination)

Pyrgospira ostrearum, common name the oyster turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil.

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