Prosipho turritus

Prosipho turritus
Shell of Prosipho turritus (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific 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]

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.

External links

• Mollusca types in Britain and Ireland: image - holotype