Polyspirella pellucida

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Polyspirella pellucida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Polyspirella
Species:
P. pellucida
Binomial name
Polyspirella pellucida
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cioniscus pellucidusG.B. Sowerby III, 1897 (basionym)
  • Turbonilla pellucida(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Turbonilla pellucida affinisW.H. Turton, 1932

Polyspirella pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2]

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Distribution

The type species was found off Port Alfred, South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Polyspirella pellucida (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580491 on 2012-01-12
  2. van Aartsen J.J. & Corgan J.X. (1996) South African pyramidellacean gastropod names. Basteria 60: 153-160. (23 December 1996)