Prosipho wayae

Prosipho wayae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Prosipho
Species:	P. wayae
Binomial name
Prosipho wayae Engl, Winfried, 2005 [1]

Prosipho wayae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Sandwich Islands.

References

1. Engl, Winfried. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 71–75. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Prosipho wayae Engl, Winfried, 2005 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

• Engl, W. (2005). Antarctic mollusks Part 7. Prosipho grohae n. sp. and Prosipho wayae n. sp. Visaya. 1(5): 71-75.
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

• Conchology.be: image