Cryoturris lavalleana

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Cryoturris lavalleana
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Shell of Cryoturris lavalleana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. lavalleana
Binomial name
Cryoturris lavalleana
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma lavalleanad'Orbigny, 1847 (original combination)
  • Pyrgocythara lavalleana(d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Vitricythara lavalleana(d'Orbigny, 1847)

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

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Description

The length of the shell can be as much as 7 mm (.276 inches).

Distribution

Cryoturris lavalleana is native to the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532693 on 2017-04-12