:Provocator pulcher

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

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| image =

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Muricoidea

| familia = Volutidae

| subfamilia = Cymbiinae

| genus = Provocator

| subgenus = Provocator

| species = P. pulcher

| binomial = Provocator pulcher

| binomial_authority = Watson, 1882

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Provocator provocator Sowerby III, 1887

}}

Provocator pulcher is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|382418|Provocator pulcher Watson, 1882||25 April 2010}}

Description

This species attains a size of 97 mm.

Distribution

Deep water, 150 fathoms: Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.

References

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Category:Volutidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1882

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