Prosipho pellitus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.[1]
| Prosipho pellitus | |
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| Shell of Prosipho pellitus (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Prosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Prosipho |
| Species: | P. pellitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosipho pellitus Thiele, 1912 | |
Description
edit(Original description in German) The shell is 5.3 mm high and 2 mm wide, formed from 6.5 whorls, of which the first two are smooth and rounded. The remaining whorls are covered with spiral ridges, each with three ridges, while the last one has a fourth in the continuation of the suture. The whorls are somewhat flattened and separated by an impressed suture. The short siphonal canal is sharply set off upwards; the aperture is ovoid with a slanted breathing tube. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica.
References
edit- ↑ Prosipho pellitus Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ Thiele, J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 13". Zoologie. 5 (2).
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
edit- Thiele, J. (1912). "Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 13". Zoologie. 5 (2).
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