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Tampa Turrid

Pyrgospira tampaensis

Classification

Pyrgospira tampaensis, common name the Tampa turrid, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The size of the shell of this species varies between 10 mm and 32 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, United States, to Northern Brazil; fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Florida, United States, age range: 2.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 11