Prosipho pellitus


Prosipho pellitus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.

Description

The shell is 5.3 mm high and 2 mm wide, formed from 6.5 whorls, of which the first two are smooth and rounded. The remaining whorls are covered with spiral ridges, each with three ridges, while the last one has a fourth in the continuation of the suture. The whorls are somewhat flattened and separated by an impressed suture. The short siphonal canal is sharply set off upwards; the aperture is ovoid with a slanted breathing tube.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica.