Cochlespira pulcherrissima

Cochlespira pulcherrissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae .[1][2]

Cochlespira pulcherrissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species:
C. pulcherrissima
Binomial name
Cochlespira pulcherrissima
(Kira, 1955)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancistrosyrinx pulcherrissima Kira, 1955
  • Cochlespira pulchella pulcherrissima (Kira, T., 1955)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 27 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References
  1. Cochlespira pulcherrissima (Kira, 1955). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
  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.


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