Conopleura striata

Conopleura striata
Drawing of Conopleura striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Conopleura
Species:	C. striata
Binomial name
Conopleura striata Hinds, 1844 [1]
Synonyms
Drillia striata Hinds, 1844 Pleurotoma partita Reeve, L.A., 1846

Conopleura striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^{[2] [3]}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 159mm. The spire is turreted. The shoulder of each whorl is somewhat tabulate, with numerous septa crossing to the sutures. The shoulder angle is somewhat coronate. The surface of the shell is finely spirally striate. The anal sinus is broad and deep. The color of the shell is whitish or yellowish. Reeve has given a drawing of a reversed shell, a rarity in this genus. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia and New Guinea to Japan.

References

1. ^ Hinds. Moll. Voy. Sulph., pl. 7, f. 22, 23
2. ^ Conopleura striata Hinds, 1844.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433395 on 29 March 2010.
3. ^ 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. 
4. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 211; 1884 (described as Drillia striata)

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

• Gastropods.com: Conopleura striata; retrieved: 29 September 2011