Pilsbryspira atramentosa

Pilsbryspira atramentosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Pilsbryspira atramentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. atramentosa
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira atramentosa
(Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira fonseca Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
  • Pilsbryspira fonseca Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) atramentosa Smith E. A., 1882

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean Ocean between Costa Rica and Panama

References
  1. Pilsbryspira atramentosa (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • H. A. Pilsbry and H. N. Lowe, West Mexican and Central American Mollusks Collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929-31; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 84 (1932), pp. 33-144
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pilsbryspira atramentosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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