Biology:Pyramidella hancocki

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Pyramidella hancocki
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species:
P. hancocki
Binomial name
Pyramidella hancocki
Strong & Hertlein, 1939

Pyramidella hancocki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

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

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

  1. WoRMS (2011). Strong & Hertlein (1939). "Pyramidella hancocki". World Register of Marine Species. 2012-01-12.
  2. Keen, M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press, pp. 1064.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. https://archive.org/details/seashellsoftropi0000keen/page/768/mode/2up. 
  4. 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. https://archive.org/details/seashellsoftropi0000keen/page/766/mode/2up. 


Wikidata ☰ Q7263318 entry