Pollia pellita

Pollia pellita
Shell of Pollia pellita (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Pollia
Species:	P. pellita
Binomial name
Pollia pellita Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998[1]

Pollia pellita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Vermeij & Bouchet (1998). Zoosystema 20 (3) : 471–485. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Pollia pellita Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

• Vermeij G.J. & Bouchet P. 1998. New Pisaniinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinidae) from New Caledonia, with remarks on Cantharus and related genera. Zoosystema 20(3): 471-485