Spirotropis studeriana

Spirotropis studeriana
Drawing of Spirotropis studeriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. studeriana
Binomial name
Spirotropis studeriana
(von Martens, 1878) [1]
Synonyms[2] [3]
  • Drillia (Drillia) studeriana (von Martens, 1878)
  • Pleurotoma studeriana Martens, 1878 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Spirotropis) studeriana (von Martens, 1878)

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

Description

The shell of this species grows to a length between 11 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the benthic zone of the cold waters off Argentina and the Kerguelen Islands.

References

  1. ^ von Martens, E. (1878) Über einige Conchylien aus den kälteren Meeresgegenden der südlichen Erdhälfte. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1878, 20–26.
  2. ^ a b Spirotropis studeriana (Martens, 1878).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434904 on 10 November 2011.
  3. ^ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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