Biology:Cryoturris fargoi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cryoturris fargoi
Cryoturris fargoi 001.jpg
Shell of Cryoturris fargoi (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. fargoi
Binomial name
Cryoturris fargoi
McGinty, 1955

Cryoturris fargoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

C. fargoi can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Florida, the Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil .[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. 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. 666.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3138628 entry