Cochlespira pulcherrissima

Cochlespira pulcherrissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae .[1][2]

Cochlespira pulcherrissima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species:
C. pulcherrissima
Binomial name
Cochlespira pulcherrissima
(Kira, 1955)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancistrosyrinx pulcherrissima Kira, 1955
  • Cochlespira pulchella pulcherrissima (Kira, T., 1955)

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 27 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cochlespira pulcherrissima (Kira, 1955). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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