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Conomitra leonardhilli

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Conomitra leonardhilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Conomitra
Species:
C. leonardhilli
Binomial name
Conomitra leonardhilli
Petuch, 1987

Conomitra leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Description

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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

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Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, South America."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF