Pilsbryspira atramentosa

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

Pilsbryspira atramentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Pilsbryspira
Species:	P. atramentosa
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira atramentosa (Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira fonseca Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 Pilsbryspira fonseca Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 Pleurotoma (Crassispira) atramentosa Smith E. A., 1882

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean Ocean between Costa Rica and Panama

References

1. Pilsbryspira atramentosa (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

• Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206-218

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.
• "Pilsbryspira atramentosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.