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Pilsbryspira nymphia

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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

References

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.
  • Gastropods.com: Nymphispira nymphia