Pilsbryspira loxospira

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

Pilsbryspira loxospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Pilsbryspira
Species:	P. loxospira
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira loxospira (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira loxospira Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Nicaragua.

References

1. Pilsbryspira loxospira (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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Pilsbryspira loxospira". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.