Provocator pulcher is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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| Species: | P. pulcher
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| Provocator pulcher Watson, 1882
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Provocator provocator Sowerby III, 1887 | |
Description
editThis species attains a size of 97 mm.
Distribution
editDeep water, 150 fathoms: Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Provocator pulcher Watson, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.