Ophiodermella grippi

Ophiodermella grippi
Ophiodermella grippi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Ophiodermella
Species: O. grippi
Binomial name
Ophiodermella grippi
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[2]
  • Crassispira martinensis Dall, W.H., 1919
  • Moniliopsis grippi Dall, 1919

Ophiodermella grippi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA and the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

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 Ophiodermella grippi (Dall, 1919).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434546 on 14 August 2011.

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