Cochlespira crispulata

Cochlespira crispulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species: C. crispulata
Binomial name
Cochlespira crispulata
(Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucosyrinx crispulata (Martens, 1901)
  • Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) crispulata Martens, 1901 (original description)

Cochlespira crispulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 9 mm.

The biconical-fusiform shell contains nine whorls. The first two are smooth and globose. The others are protruded, with the carina almost in the middle, but gradually attenuated to the base of the body whorl. The narrow aperture is elliptical. The outer lip is slender, arcuated above and emarginated below. The columellar lip is appressed. The elongated siphonal canal is slightly curved. The shell is brightly white, the external sculpture of the throat is diaphanous. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

References

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