Compsodrillia duplicata

Compsodrillia duplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Compsodrillia duplicata
Original image of a shell of Compsodrillia duplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. duplicata
Binomial name
Compsodrillia duplicata
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma duplicata Sowerby I, 1834

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 58 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Ecuador.

References
  1. Compsodrillia duplicata (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Compsodrillia duplicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Additions to the Panamic Province gastropod (Mollusca) literature, 1971 to 1992; The Festivus vol. 24 suppl. 1992


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