Cryoturris lavalleana

Cryoturris lavalleana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Cryoturris lavalleana
Shell of Cryoturris lavalleana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. lavalleana
Binomial name
Cryoturris lavalleana
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma lavalleana d'Orbigny, 1847 (original combination)
  • Pyrgocythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Vitricythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)

Description

The length of the shell can be as much as 7 mm (.276 inches).

Distribution

Cryoturris lavalleana is native to the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532693 on 2017-04-12


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