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Pterygia jeanjacquesi

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Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Shell of Pterygia jeanjacquesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Cylindromitrinae
Genus: Pterygia
Species:
P. jeanjacquesi
Binomial name
Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Bozzetti, 2010

Pterygia jeanjacquesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]


Description

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SPECIMEN

SEC

MNHN-IM-2000-23786

Size 12

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

TAXONOMY

Mollusca

Gastropoda

Neogastropoda

Mitridae

Pterygia [3]

Pterygia jeanjacquesi

Name: Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010 [1]


ORIGIN

Country label

Locality

Lavanono

Ocean

Indien

Island

Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar, Lavanono [4]


Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  2. ^ "Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010". Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  3. ^ "Pterygia". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  4. ^ "Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  • Bozzetti, L., 2010. Pterygia jeanjacquesi (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Mitridae) nuova specie dal Madagascar meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 68: 14-15
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