Pilsbryspira monilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Pilsbryspira monilis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Pilsbryspira |
| Species: | P. monilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pilsbryspira monilis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 12.5 mm.
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Distribution
editP. monilis can be found off the North American coastline, ranging from Texas to Florida.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Pilsbryspira monilis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira monilis
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