Conomitra leonardhilli

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Conomitra leonardhilli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Conomitra
Species:
C. leonardhilli
Binomial name
Conomitra leonardhilli
Petuch, 1987

Conomitra leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae. [1]

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Description

Original description: "Shell fusiform, biconic; body with numerous fine axial ribs, running from suture to siphonal canal; axial ribs intersected by numerous spiral cords, giving shell reticulated sculpture; protoconch large, bulbous, composed of 2 whorls; aperture narrow; columella with 4 large plications; shell color white or pale cream-tan with numerous, reddish-brown zig-zag flammules; protoconch and interior of aperture white." [2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, South America." [3]

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References

  1. Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF