Biology:Peltospira delicata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Peltospira delicata
Shell of Peltospira delicata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Neomphalida
Superfamily:	Neomphaloidea
Family:	Peltospiridae
Genus:	Peltospira
Species:	P. delicata
Binomial name
Peltospira delicata McLean, 1989

Peltospira delicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

References

• Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.

External links

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44(2): 116-231

Wikidata ☰ Q7161770 entry