Peristichia toreta — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pyramidellidae/Peristichia

At a glance

Occurrence records140

Data sources5

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Peristichia toreta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility65 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System75 records↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS140 records

01Narrative

Peristichia toreta, common name the tower pyram, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Peristichia toreta Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420466 on 2012-01-12Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length1.35 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits2

Depth max101 m

Depth min0 m

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type140 records

Wild obs. + sensor27

Museum / vouchered112

Fossil1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO276 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit33

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 50.5 m · max 50.5 m · 33 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor27

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 9≤10 km 6>10 km 4

23 georeferenced · 89 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence112

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	17
Cambridge, US	8
Denver, US	6
Washington, US	4
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record	3
Paleontological Research Institutionlocation not on record	2
Chicago, US	1

7 institutions · 41 of 112 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code