Pyramidella hancocki
| Pyramidella hancocki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Pyramidella |
| Species: | P. hancocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyramidella hancocki Strong & Hertlein, 1939
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Pyramidella hancocki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of its seashell is around 8.8 mm and its diameter is around 2.8 mm. Its slender shell is dull brown in color with a distinct sulcus on the periphery.[3] As a member of the Pyramidella genus, it has a conic and elongated shell. Its columella may have one to three folds.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the Pacific Ocean, off Panama Bay, where specimens have been dredged at depths of 5 to 16 metres .[3]
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2011). Strong & Hertlein (1939). "Pyramidella hancocki". World Register of Marine Species. 2012-01-12.
- ^ Keen, M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press, pp. 1064.
- ^ a b Keen, Myra (1971). "1876. Pyramidella (Pyramidella) hancocki". Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. p. 768.
- ^ Keen, Myra (1971). "Genus Pyramydella Lamarck, 1799". Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. p. 767.
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Pyramidella hancocki". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- Keen, M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. Stanford University Press