Compsodrillia excentrica

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

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

Pleurotoma excentrica Sowerby I, 1834

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama; also off the Galapagos Islands (of doubtful occurrence)

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433382 on 2018-07-10
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Compsodrillia excentrica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Additions to the Panamic Province gastropod (Mollusca) literature, 1971 to 1992; The Festivus vol. 24 suppl. 1992
  • K.L. Kaiser,The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos; The Festivus v. 29 suppl. 1997


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.