Strictispira paxillus | |
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Shell of Strictispira paxillus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Strictispira |
Species: | S. paxillus |
Binomial name | |
Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Strictispira paxillus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1] [2]
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.
The chocolate-brown shell is short and stout. The spire is acuminated at the apex. The whorls are concave round the top, with a small keel, very closely plicated in the middle. The interstices between the folds are finely striated. The shell is ridged round the base. The sinus is large. [3]
S. paxillus can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Bahamas south to Brazil. [4]
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