Cryptospira immersa

Cryptospira immersa
Cryptospira immersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Cryptospira
Species: C. immersa
Binomial name
Cryptospira immersa
(Reeve L.A., 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptospira quiquandoni Cossignani, 2006
  • Marginella immersa Reeve, 1865 (basionym)

Cryptospira immersa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Bay of Bengal and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473710  on 13 February 2011.
  • Cossignani T. (2006) Due nuove Cryptospira dall'Indo-Pacifico (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 51: 5-6.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1-55

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