Cymatosyrinx parciplicata

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Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cymatosyrinx
Species:
C. parciplicata
Binomial name
Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia parciplicataSowerby III, 1915

Cymatosyrinx parciplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 23 mm.

The shell is elongate-acuminate. Its color is dark white. The spire is elongate and contains 7 whorls. The first one is rounded, the second whorl is slightly convex, the others are convex and obtusely angulated. They show a few smooth oblique plicae. The interstices between the ribs are rather smooth. The body whorl is oblong and slightly convex on top and with a short, but conspicuous, fold below the suture. There is no dorsal varix. The siphonal canal is truncated. The columella is nearly straight and very thin plated. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the subtropical Northwest Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Cymatosyrinx parciplicata (Sowerby III, 1915) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 October 2011.
  2. Sowerby, G.B. III (1915). "Descriptions of new species of mollusca from various localities". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8th ser. v. 16.