Spirotropis cymothoe
Species of gastropod
Spirotropis cymothoe | |
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Original image of a shell of Spirotropis cymothoe | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Spirotropis |
Species: | S. cymothoe |
Binomial name | |
Spirotropis cymothoe (W. H. Dall, 1919) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cryptogemma cymothoë W. H. Dall, 1919 |
Spirotropis cymothoe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the (decollated) shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description) The shell much resembles Cryptogemma calypso Dall, 1919, from which it differs by having the anal fasciole striated spirally, the surface in front of the shoulder without spiral sculpture and minutely vermiculate, the ribs more knob-like, shorter, and averaging about 12 on the body whorl. The shell contains 6 whorls. The apex is always eroded.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, Lower California at a depth of 650 m.
References
- ^ a b * Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- ^ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) (described as Cryptogemma cymothoë)