Pyrgospira tampaensis

Pyrgospira tampaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
Species: P. tampaensis
Binomial name
Pyrgospira tampaensis
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira tampaensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Pyrgospira tampaensis, common name the Tampa turrid, is a species from sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

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

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