Spirotropis tmeta

Spirotropis tmeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. tmeta
Binomial name
Spirotropis tmeta
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1] [2]
  • Drillia tmeta (Watson, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma tmeta Watson, 1881 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Spirotropis) tmeta (Watson, 1881)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean (found off Pernambuco at a depth of 640 m.)

References

  1. 1 2 Spirotropis tmeta (Watson, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
  2. Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.


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