| Inkinga cockae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Inkinga |
| Species: | I. cockae |
| Binomial name | |
| Inkinga cockae (Kilburn, 1977) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Paracuneus cockaeKilburn, 1977 | |
Inkinga cockae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
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This marine species occurs off False Bay, Southern KwaZulu-Natal, . South Africa
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