Cochlespira elongata

Cochlespira elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Cochlespira elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species:
C. elongata
Binomial name
Cochlespira elongata
Simone, 1999

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern and Eastern Brazil.

References

  1. Cochlespira elongata Simone, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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