Prosipho turritus

Prosipho turritus
Shell of Prosipho turritus (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Prosipho
Species:
P. turritus
Binomial name
Prosipho turritus
Oliver & Picken, 1984

Prosipho turritus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Signy Island, the South Orkney Islands.

References

  1. ^ Prosipho turrita Oliver & Picken, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Oliver P.G. & Picken G.B. (1984). Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 62: 95-115.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.


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