Prosipho hedleyi

Prosipho hedleyi
Shell of Prosipho hedleyi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Prosipho
Species:
P. hedleyi
Binomial name
Prosipho hedleyi
Powell, 1958

Prosipho hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Ross Sea.

References

  1. ^ Prosipho hedleyi Powell, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1958). Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. In: Reports B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany), 6(9): 167-215.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.


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