Conopleura aliena

Conopleura aliena
Conopleura aliena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Conopleura
Species: C. aliena
Binomial name
Conopleura aliena
Smriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999

Conopleura aliena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 6.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ Conopleura aliena Smriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139230 on 29 March 2010.
  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. 
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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