Spirotropis patagonica
| Spirotropis patagonica | |
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| Drawing of Spirotropis patagonica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. patagonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841) | |
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Spirotropis patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Southern Brazil to Patagonia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spirotropis patagonica (Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.