Pellifronia brianhayesi
Pellifronia brianhayesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Pellifronia brianhayesi | |
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Shell of Pellifronia brianhayesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Pellifronia |
Species: | P. brianhayesi |
Binomial name | |
Pellifronia brianhayesi (Terryn & Sprague, 2008) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 22.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern Mozambique.
References
- Pellifronia brianhayesi (Terryn & Sprague, 2008). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
- Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96.
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