Peltospira delicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae.[1]

Peltospira delicata
Shell of Peltospira delicata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Peltospiridae
Genus: Peltospira
Species:
P. delicata
Binomial name
Peltospira delicata
McLean, 1989

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ Peltospira delicata McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
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