Elaeocyma arenensis

Elaeocyma arenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Elaeocyma arenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Elaeocyma
Species:
E. arenensis
Binomial name
Elaeocyma arenensis
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) arenensis Parker, 1964
  • Cymatosyrinx arenensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951
  • Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) arenensis Abbott, 1974 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off the Gulf of California, Western Mexico

References

  1. Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M. (1951) Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. Zoologica, 36, 67–120, 11 pls.
  2. Elaeocyma arenensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2011.


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