Pyrgospira ostrearum

Pyrgospira ostrearum, common name the oyster turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Pyrgospira ostrearum
Shell of Pyrgospira ostrearum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
Species:
P. ostrearum
Binomial name
Pyrgospira ostrearum
(Stearns, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)
  • Drillia ostrearum Stearns, 1872 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.

The shell is concavely, rather narrowly shouldered, with a thread-like raised line at the suture. It is closely longitudinally ribbed below the periphery and decussated by raised revolving lines. The color of the shell is dingy yellow to purplish black. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil; fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida, USA, and in Panama; age range: 1.806 to 0.781 MaMa.

References

  • "Pyrgospira ostrearum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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