Pterygia arctata

Pterygia arctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Pterygia arctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Pterygia (gastropod)
Species:
P. arctata
Binomial name
Pterygia arctata
(Sowerby, 1874)
Synonyms

Mitra arctata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·

Description

The shell is narrow and cylindrical. It is finely spirally striated, painted with yellow flames in two rows. The spire is short and obtuse. The aperture is elongated, straight and narrow. [2]
This species attains a size of 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References
  1. Pterygia arctata (Sowerby, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
  2. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164


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