Prosipho spiralis

Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,825 meters (0 to -5,988 feet).Mean = -526.470 meters (-1,727.264 feet), Standard Deviation = 625.980 based on 38 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Neogastropoda () - Thiele, 1929
        Superfamily: Buccinoidea () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Buccinidae () - C.s. Rafinesque, 1815
        Genus: Prosipho ()
        Specific name: spiralis - Thiele, 1912
        Scientific name: - Prosipho spiralis

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Prosipho

There are approximately 35 species in this genus:

P. amiantus · P. astrolabiensis · P. bisculptus · P. cancellatus · P. certus · P. chordatus · P. contrarius · P. crassicostatus · P. daphnelloides · P. elongatus · P. enricoi · P. fuscus · P. gaussianus · P. glacialis · P. gracilis · P. grohae · P. harrietae · P. hedleyi · P. hunteri · P. iodes · P. macleani · P. mundus · P. nodosus · P. pellitus · P. perversus · P. priestleyi · P. propinquus · P. pupa · P. pusillus · P. reversa · P. similis · P. spiralis · P. tuberculatus · P. turrita · P. wayae

Bibliography

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Thiele, J. (1912): Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln, ser. Deutsche S�dpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 (Drygalski, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin