Prosipho hedleyi

Prosipho hedleyi
Shell of Prosipho hedleyi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Prosipho
Species:	P. hedleyi
Binomial name
Prosipho hedleyi Powell, 1958

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Ross Sea.

References

1. Prosipho hedleyi Powell, 1958 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

• Powell, A. W. B. (1958). Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. In: Reports B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany), 6(9): 167-215.
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

• Conchology.be: image
• Smithsonian Institution: images