Ampulla priamus

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

Ampulla priamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Scaphellinae
Genus:
Ampulla
Species:
A. priamus
Binomial name
Ampulla priamus
(Gmelin, 1791)

Description

The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

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

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