Pterygia jeanjacquesi

Pterygia jeanjacquesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Shell of Pterygia jeanjacquesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Cylindromitrinae
Genus: Pterygia
Species:
P. jeanjacquesi
Binomial name
Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Bozzetti, 2010

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512187 on 2019-01-04
  2. Bozzetti L. (2010) Pterygia jeanjacquesi (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Mitridae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 68:14-15.
  • Bozzetti, L., 2010. Pterygia jeanjacquesi (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Mitridae) nuova specie dal Madagascar meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 68: 14-15


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