Pilsbryspira collaris

Pilsbryspira collaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Pilsbryspira collaris
Drawing of a shell of Pilsbryspira collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. collaris
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira collaris
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia collaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pilsbryspira nephele Dall, 1919
  • Pleurotoma collaris Sowerby I, 1834

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to northern Peru.

References

  • Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 139
  • Casey T.L. (1903). Notes in the Conrad collection of Vicksburg fossils, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 55: 261–283
  • W.H. Dall (1909), Report on the collection of shells from Peru ;Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, pages 147–294, with Plates 20–28
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira collaris


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