Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Species of gastropod
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Pterygia jeanjacquesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]
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| Pterygia jeanjacquesi | |
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| Shell of Pterygia jeanjacquesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Subfamily: | Cylindromitrinae |
| Genus: | Pterygia |
| Species: | P. jeanjacquesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010 | |
Description
SPECIMEN
SEC
MNHN-IM-2000-23786
Size 12
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
TAXONOMY
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mitridae
Pterygia [3]
Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Name: Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010
ORIGIN
Country label
Locality
Lavanono
Ocean
Indien
Island
Madagascar
Type locality
Madagascar, Lavanono [4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar.