Cochlespira cedonulli

Cochlespira cedonulli
Apertural view of a shell of Cochlespira cedonulli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Cochlespira
Species:	C. cedonulli
Binomial name
Cochlespira cedonulli (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Ancistrosyrinx cedonulli(Reeve, 1843) Pleurotoma cedonulliReeve, 1843

Cochlespira cedonulli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae and was first discovered by L.A. Reeve in 1843 . ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

In view of the ambiguity of Reeve's figure it might be well to say that this species has no axial sculpture on the whorls between the carina and the base except what may be due to accidents during growth. The surface is normally smooth and polished, above and below the carina, and of a delicate pale brown color. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of California, West Mexico to Peru and also off the Galápagos.

References

1. Cochlespira cedonulli (Reeve, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 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 .
3. W.H. Dall (1908) Reports on the Mollusca and Brachiopoda, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. vol. 43

• Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1843, p. 185
• Finet, Yves, et al. "CDF Checklist of Galapagos marine mollusks." Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos species checklist (2011): 1–164.

External links

• "Cochlespira cedonulli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
• Ramírez, Rina, Carlos Paredes, and José Arenas. "Moluscos del Perú." Revista de Biología Tropical 51 (2003): 225-284.