Pilsbryspira aterrima

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

Pilsbryspira aterrima
Apertural view of a shell of Pilsbryspira aterrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. aterrima
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira aterrima
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia aterrima (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pilsbryspira atrior Adams, 1852
  • Pilsbryspira maura Kiener, 1840
  • Pilsbryspira rustica Carpenter, 1857
  • Pleurotoma aterrima Sowerby I, 1834

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.

The shell has a very dark chocolate color, with sometimes a narrow white line above the periphery, but this is usually absent. The spire is lengthened or short. The whorls are rudely prominently keeled on the periphery, which is nodulous. Below the keel are a few raised revolving lines, occasionally broken up into granules.

The great variation in the proportions of this shell has caused a number of synonyms to be made.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Northern Peru

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References
  1. Pilsbryspira aterrima (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Sowerby G.B. (1833), Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 138
  • W.H. Dall (1909), Report on the collection of shells from Peru ;Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, pages 147–294, with Plates 20–28
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira aterrima
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