Cryoturris adamsii

Cryoturris adamsii
Cryoturris adamsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Cryoturris
Species: C. adamsii
Binomial name
Cryoturris adamsii
(E. A. Smith, 1884)
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma adamsii Smith E. A., 1884

Cryoturris adamsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

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Description

Distribution

C. adamsii can be found in Atlantic waters, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Brazil.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Cryoturris adamsii (E. A. Smith, 1884).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420329 on 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ 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. 666.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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.

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