Provocator pulcher
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Species: | P. pulcher
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Provocator pulcher Watson, 1882
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Provocator provocator Sowerby III, 1887 |
Provocator pulcher is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
[edit]This species attains a size of 97 mm.
Distribution
[edit]Deep water, 150 fathoms: Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Provocator pulcher Watson, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.