Spirotropis monterosatoi

Spirotropis monterosatoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. monterosatoi
Binomial name
Spirotropis monterosatoi
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma monterosatoi Locard, 1897 (basionym)
  • Taranis (Allo) monterosatoi (Locard, 1897)

Spirotropis monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone between Iceland and Norway, down to northwest Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea.

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