Micropleurotoma spirotropoides

Micropleurotoma spirotropoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Micropleurotoma
Species:	M. spirotropoides
Binomial name
Micropleurotoma spirotropoides (Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma spirotropoidesThiele, 1925

Micropleurotoma spirotropoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae ^[1]

Description

The average length of the shell is 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Alborán Sea, Mediterranean and off Southeast Africa

References

1. Micropleurotoma spirotropoides (Thiele, 1925) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.

• Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213

External links

• "Micropleurotoma spirotropoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.