Cochlespira beuteli
| Cochlespira beuteli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Cochlespira |
| Species: | C. beuteli |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochlespira beuteli Powell, 1969 | |
Cochlespira beuteli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 23 mm. The Snail has an elongated and spiral shell, which can vary in color and pattern depending on environmental factors. The shell typically features several whorls, with a prominent siphonal canal at the apex.
Distribution
This species is distributed from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia
References
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- ^ a b Cochlespira beuteli Powell, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Powell, A.W.B., 1969. - The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacifie. Part 2. The subfamily Turrieulinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 2 (10): 207-415
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295