Haplocochlias ortizi

Haplocochlias ortizi
Shell of Haplocochlias ortizi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Haplocochlias
Species:	H. ortizi
Binomial name
Haplocochlias ortizi Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004 [1]

Haplocochlias ortizi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe and Cuba at a depth between 49 m and 54 m.

References

1. Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces. 2004. Avicennia 17 : 71–76. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 21 April 2010.
2. Haplocochlias ortizi Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.

• Espinosa, J., J. Ortea and R. Fernández-Garcés. 2005. Descripción de tres nuevas especies del género Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Avicennia 17: 71–76.