Spirotropis aganactica

Spirotropis aganactica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. aganactica
Binomial name
Spirotropis aganactica
(Watson, 1886) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma (Spirotropis) aganactica Watson, 1886 (basionym)

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

Clarke (1962) put this species in the genus Spirotropis [3]

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This abyssal species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mid Atlantic at a depth of 3,475 m.

References

  1. ^ Watson, R.B. (1886) Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by the H. M. S. Chal- lenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the ‘Challenger’ (Zoology), 15, 1–756, 50 pls.
  2. ^ a b Spirotropis aganactica (Watson, 1886).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434893 on 2 November 2011.
  3. ^ Clarke, A.H., Jr. (1962) Annotated list and bibliography of the abyssal marine molluscs of the world. Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada, Biological Series, 181(67), 1–114.