Pyrulofusus deformis, common name the warped whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Pyrulofusus deformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Pyrulofusus |
Species: | P. deformis
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Binomial name | |
Pyrulofusus deformis (Reeve, 1847)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Volutopsius deformis (Reeve, 1847) |
Description
editThis species attains a size of 170 mm.
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Distribution
editCircum-Arctic region.
References
edit- ^ a b Pyrulofusus deformis (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.