Cochlespira pulcherrissima

Cochlespira pulcherrissima
Cochlespira pulcherrissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species: C. pulcherrissima
Binomial name
Cochlespira pulcherrissima
(Kira, 1955)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancistrosyrinx pulcherrissima Kira, 1955
  • Cochlespira pulchella pulcherrissima (Kira, T., 1955)

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 27 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Cochlespira pulcherrissima (Kira, 1955).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433323 on 31 August 2011.
  2. ^ 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. 

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