Pilsbryspira zebroides

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

Pilsbryspira zebroides
Shell of Pilsbryspira zebroides (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. zebroides
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira zebroides
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira melonesiana Dall & Simpson, 1901
  • Pleurotoma zebroides Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

See also: Crassispira melonesiana (Dall & Simpson, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia; the Dominican Republic and Jamaica; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

References

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


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