Peristichia toreta, common name the tower pyram, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
| Tower pyram | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Peristichia toreta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Peristichia |
| Species: | P. toreta
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| Binomial name | |
| Peristichia toreta Dall, 1889
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Description
editThe length of an adult shell can be as much as 13.5 mm. The shell has two basal keels. The axial sculpture consists of strong ribs, and the spiral sculpture consists of strong ridges.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Peristichia toreta Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420466 on 2012-01-12
- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- ^ Dall & Bartsch, A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks, United States National Museum Bulletin 68, p. 12; 1909
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- Another image at the BMSM website