Cochlespira travancorica

Cochlespira travancorica
Cochlespira travancorica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species: C. travancorica
Binomial name
Cochlespira travancorica
(Smith E. A., 1896)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma travancorica Smith E. A., 1896

Cochlespira travancorica 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 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along India and Mozambique.

References

  1. ^ a b Cochlespira travancorica (Smith E. A., 1896).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433325 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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