Pilsbryspira nymphia
Species of gastropod
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| Shells of Pilsbryspira nymphia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Pilsbryspira |
| Species: | P. nymphia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilsbryspira nymphia (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) | |
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Pilsbryspira nymphia 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 12 mm and 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico to Panama. The type locality is in Baja California.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Pilsbryspira nymphia (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Nymphispira nymphia
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