Cleospira ochsneri

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Cleospira ochsneri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Cleospira
Species:
C. ochsneri
Binomial name
Cleospira ochsneri
(Hertlein & Strong, 1949)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cleospira bicolor(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Crassispira ochsneri(Hertlein & Strong, 1949)
  • Monilispira ochsneriHertlein & Strong, 1949
  • Pleurotoma bicolorG. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma bicolorRisso, 1826; Monilispira ochsneri is a replacement name)

Cleospira ochsneri is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama to Ecuador; also off the Galapagos Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581136 on 2012-07-08