Cleospira ochsneri
Cleospira ochsneri is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Cleospira ochsneri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Cleospira |
| Species: | C. ochsneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama to Ecuador; also off the Galapagos Islands.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581136 on 2012-07-08
External links
- Sowerby I, G.B. (1834 ["1833"). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 134-139]
- Gastropods.com: Cleospira ochsneri
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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