Pilsbryspira nymphia

Pilsbryspira nymphia
Shells of Pilsbryspira nymphia
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira nymphia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Nymphispira nymphia (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)

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

  1. ^ a b c Pilsbryspira nymphia (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Nymphispira nymphia


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