Spirotropis studeriana
| Spirotropis studeriana | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spirotropis studeriana (Martens, 1878). 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.