Spirotropis lithocolleta
| Spirotropis lithocolleta | |
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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. lithocolleta |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis lithocolleta (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Spirotropis lithocolleta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 16.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (St. Thomas) and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Spirotropis lithocolleta (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
External links
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