Biology:Cymatosyrinx parciplicata

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cymatosyrinx
Species:
C. parciplicata
Binomial name
Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia parciplicata Sowerby III, 1915

Cymatosyrinx parciplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 23 mm.

The shell is elongate-acuminate. Its color is dark white. The spire is elongate and contains 7 whorls. The first one is rounded, the second whorl is slightly convex, the others are convex and obtusely angulated. They show a few smooth oblique plicae. The interstices between the ribs are rather smooth. The body whorl is oblong and slightly convex on top and with a short, but conspicuous, fold below the suture. There is no dorsal varix. The siphonal canal is truncated. The columella is nearly straight and very thin plated.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the subtropical Northwest Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cymatosyrinx parciplicata (Sowerby III, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 October 2011.
  2. Sowerby, G.B. III (1915). "Descriptions of new species of mollusca from various localities". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8th ser. v. 16.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5199408 entry