Compsodrillia tristicha

Compsodrillia tristicha
Compsodrillia tristicha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Zonulispirinae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species: C. tristicha
Binomial name
Compsodrillia tristicha
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia tristicha Dall, 1889

Compsodrillia tristicha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

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Description

Distribution

C. tristicha can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Mississippi south to Brazil.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Compsodrillia tristicha (Dall, 1889).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420406 on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.

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