Strictispira paxillus

Strictispira paxillus
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]
Crassispira paxillus(Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma jamaicensisGuppy, R.J.L., 1866 Pleurotoma nigrescensReeve, L.A., 1845 (Invalid: junior homonym [Nov. 1845] of Pleurotoma nigrescens C.B. Adams, 1845 [Jan.]) Pleurotoma paxillusReeve, 1845

Strictispira paxillus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

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]

Distribution

S. paxillus can be found in Caribbean Sea waters, ranging from the Bahamas south to Brazil. ^[4]

References

1. Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)".
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.

External links

• De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
• MNHN, Paris: specimen
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Strictispira paxillus