Pyramidella hancocki

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Pyramidella hancocki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species:
P. hancocki
Binomial name
Pyramidella hancocki
Strong & Hertlein, 1939

Pyramidella hancocki 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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Description

The length of its seashell is around 8.8 mm and its diameter is around 2.8 mm. Its slender shell is dull brown in color with a distinct sulcus on the periphery. [3] As a member of the Pyramidella genus , it has a conic and elongated shell. Its columella may have one to three folds. [4]

Distribution

This species is found in the Pacific Ocean, off Panama Bay, where specimens have been dredged at depths of 5 to 16 metres . [3]

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Strong & Hertlein (1939). "Pyramidella hancocki". World Register of Marine Species. 2012-01-12.
  2. ↑ Keen, M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press, pp. 1064.
  3. 1 2 Keen, Myra (1971). "1876. Pyramidella (Pyramidella) hancocki". Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. p. 768.
  4. ↑ Keen, Myra (1971). "Genus Pyramydella Lamarck, 1799". Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. p. 767.


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