Iotyrris musivum

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Iotyrris musivum
Iotyrris musivum (MNHN-IM-2000-20015).jpeg
Shell of Iotyrris musivum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Iotyrris
Species:
I. musivum
Binomial name
Iotyrris musivum
Kantor et al., 2008

Iotyrris musivum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 12.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

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