Compsodrillia jaculum

Compsodrillia jaculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Compsodrillia
Species:	C. jaculum
Binomial name
Compsodrillia jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms [1]
Carinodrillia jaculumPilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Compsodrillia jaculum, common name the javelin turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Costa Rica and Ecuador.

References

1. Compsodrillia jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33–144.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Compsodrillia jaculum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.