Kylix hecuba

Kylix hecuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Kylix
Species: K. hecuba
Binomial name
Kylix hecuba
(Dall, 1919) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus hecuba (Dall, 1919)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) hecuba (Dall, 1919)
  • Cymatosyrinx hecuba Dall, 1919 (basionym)

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico to Panama

References

  1. ^ Dall, W.H. (1919) Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 56, 1–86, 24 pls.
  2. ^ a b Kylix hecuba (Dall, 1919).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434179 on 27 October 2011.

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