Prosipho iodes

Prosipho iodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Prosipho
Species:
P. iodes
Binomial name
Prosipho iodes
Oliver & Picken, 1984

Prosipho iodes 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 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Signy Island, South 0rkney Islands.

References

  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
  • Oliver P.G. & Picken G.B. (1984). Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 62: 95-115.


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