Spergo aithorrhis

Spergo aithorrhis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Spergo aithorrhis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Spergo
Species:
S. aithorrhis
Binomial name
Spergo aithorrhis
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

Description

The length of the shell reaches 120 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Norfolk Ridge and New Caledonia

References

  • Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P., 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 185: 271-320
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
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