Spirotropis centimata
| Spirotropis centimata |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Conoidea |
| Family: |
Drilliidae |
| Genus: |
Spirotropis |
| Species: |
S. centimata |
| Binomial name |
Spirotropis centimata
(Dall, 1889) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Cymatosyrinx centimata (Dall, 1889)
- Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) centimata (Dall, 1889)
- Drillia (Cymatosyrinx) centimata Dall, 1889 (basionym)
- Drillia leucopyrga Kobelt, W., 1904 (nomen nudum)
- Pleurotoma (Cymatosyrinx) centimata (Dall, 1889)
- Pleurotoma centimata (Dall, 1889)
- Spirotropis centimatus (Dall, 1889)
- Turris centimata (Dall, 1889)
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Spirotropis centimata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 34 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of European waters, the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and Alabama, off the Bahamas, and off West Africa; in the Gulf of Mexico
References
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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