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Pilsbryspira nodata

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Pilsbryspira nodata
Apertural view of a shell of Pilsbryspira nodata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. nodata
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira nodata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Crassispira albomaculata (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Crassispira pilsbryi Bartsch, 1950
  • Pilsbryspira albopustulata Smith, 1882
  • Pilsbryspira pilsbryi Bartsch, 1950
  • Pleurotoma albomaculata d'Orbigny, 1847 (non C. B. Adams, 1845)

Pilsbryspira nodata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

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P. nodata can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to Venezuela.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pilsbryspira nodata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
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  • Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira nodata
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.