Spirotropis ephamilla

Spirotropis ephamilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. ephamilla
Binomial name
Spirotropis ephamilla
Verrill, 1884
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma ephamilla (Verrill, 1884)

Spirotropis ephamilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off New England.

References

  1. Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  2. Spirotropis ephamilla Verrill, 1884.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2011.

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