Conomitra leonardhilli
Appearance
Conomitra leonardhilli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutomitridae |
Genus: | Conomitra |
Species: | C. leonardhilli
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Binomial name | |
Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
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Conomitra leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
[edit]Original description: "Shell fusiform, biconic; body with numerous fine axial ribs, running from suture to siphonal canal; axial ribs intersected by numerous spiral cords, giving shell reticulated sculpture; protoconch large, bulbous, composed of 2 whorls; aperture narrow; columella with 4 large plications; shell color white or pale cream-tan with numerous, reddish-brown zig-zag flammules; protoconch and interior of aperture white."[2]
Distribution
[edit]Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, South America."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF