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Ampulla priamus

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Ampulla priamus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Ampulla
Species:
A. priamus
Binomial name
Ampulla priamus
(Gmelin, 1791)

Ampulla priamus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

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This species lives in the West Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, only from Morocco to the Iberian peninsula.

References

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  1. ^ Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.