Pilsbryspira loxospira

Pilsbryspira loxospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species: P. loxospira
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira loxospira
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira loxospira Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Nicaragua.

References

  1. 1 2 Pilsbryspira loxospira (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira loxospira


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