Pterygia jeanjacquesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
SPECIMEN
SEC
MNHN-IM-2000-23786
Size 12
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
TAXONOMY
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Mitridae
Pterygia
Pterygia jeanjacquesi
Name: Pterygia jeanjacquesi Bozzetti, 2010
ORIGIN
Country label
Locality
Lavanono
Ocean
Indien
Island
Madagascar
Type locality
Madagascar, Lavanono
Distribution This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
References
Bozzetti, L., 2010. Pterygia jeanjacquesi (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Mitridae) nuova specie dal Madagascar meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 68: 14-15
External links Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337