Spirotropis phaeacra
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| Spirotropis phaeacra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. phaeacra |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis phaeacra (Watson, 1881) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Spirotropis phaeacra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell of this micromollusc grows to a length of 4.6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northeast Brazil at a depth of 630 m.
References
- ↑ Watson, R.B. (1881) Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII-X. Journal of the Lin- nean Society (London), 15, 388–475.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spirotropis phaeacra (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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