Cochlespira radiata

Cochlespira radiata
Apertural view of Cochlespira radiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Cochlespira
Species:	C. radiata
Binomial name
Cochlespira radiata (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma radiata Dall, 1889

Cochlespira radiata, common name the common star turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 32 mm.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Cochlespira radiata (Dall, 1889).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420261 on 30 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. 

Further reading

• Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Cochlespira radiata radiata; accessed: 31 August 2011