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]
  • Clathurella jewetti Stearns, R.E.C., 1875
  • Pleurotoma brunnea Perkins, G.H., 1869
  • Pleurotoma plicata Adams, C.B., 1840
  • Pleurotoma plicosa Adams C. B., 1850

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

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