Spirotropis aganactica
Spirotropis aganactica | |
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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. aganactica |
Binomial name | |
Spirotropis aganactica (Watson, 1886) [1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Pleurotoma (Spirotropis) aganactica Watson, 1886 (basionym) |
Spirotropis aganactica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Clarke (1962) put this species in the genus Spirotropis [3]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.
Distribution
This abyssal species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mid Atlantic at a depth of 3,475 m.
References
- ↑ Watson, R.B. (1886) Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by the H. M. S. Chal- lenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the ‘Challenger’ (Zoology), 15, 1–756, 50 pls.
- 1 2 Spirotropis aganactica (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.
- ↑ Clarke, A.H., Jr. (1962) Annotated list and bibliography of the abyssal marine molluscs of the world. Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada, Biological Series, 181(67), 1–114.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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