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Pyrgospira plicosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pseudomelatomidae

Scientific name
  
Pyrgospira plicosa

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Genus
  
Pyrgospira

Rank
  
Species

Pyrgospira plicosa, common name the plicate turrid shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southern Massachusetts, USA, to Panama.

References

Pyrgospira plicosa Wikipedia