Pyrgospira plicosa
| Pyrgospira plicosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgospira |
| Species: | P. plicosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pyrgospira plicosa, common name the plicate turrid shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Southern Massachusetts, USA, to Panama.
References
- 1 2 Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Adams, C.B. (1840) Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3, 318–332, pl. 3
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