Pollia dorbignyi

Pollia dorbignyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Pollia
Species:	P. dorbignyi
Binomial name
*Pollia dorbignyi* (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms^[1]
Anna dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) Buccinum dorbignyi Payraudeau, 1826 Cantharus dorbignyi (Payraudeau 1826) Pisania dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)

Pollia dorbignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

This species is distributed in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Mauritania.

^ ^a ^b Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138926 on 18 January 2011.

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