Plagiostropha flexus

Plagiostropha flexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Plagiostropha
Species:	P. flexus
Binomial name
	Plagiostropha flexus; (Shuto, 1983)
Synonyms
	Clavus (Plagiostropha) flexusShuto, 1983 (basionym)

Last updated October 04, 2025

Plagiostropha flexus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Croker Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia at a depth of 125 m (410 ft).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

↑ Shuto, T. (1983) Two new species of Turridae from Australia (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Venus, 42, 293–299.
1 2 Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Wells, F.E. 1991. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 12: 1–33

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[1] Shuto, T. (1983) Two new species of Turridae from Australia (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Venus, 42, 293–299.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.

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