Cryoturris fargoi

Cryoturris fargoi
Shell of Cryoturris fargoi (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cryoturris
Species:	C. fargoi
Binomial name
Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

C. fargoi can be found in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Florida, the Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil. ^[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1. Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 August 2011.
2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.

• McGinty, Thomas L. "New marine mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1955): 75–85.
• G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• "Cryoturris fargoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.