Spirotropis ephamilla

Spirotropis ephamilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. ephamilla
Binomial name
Spirotropis ephamilla
Verrill, 1884
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma ephamilla (Verrill, 1884)

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

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off New England.

References

  1. ^ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  2. ^ Spirotropis ephamilla Verrill, 1884.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434895 on 3 November 2011.