Costapex martinorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2] The species was identified by Walter Olivier Cernohorsky in 1986, based on a specimen in the Auckland War Memorial Museum collected from off the coast of Cuaming Island in the Philippines.[3]

Costapex martinorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Costapex
Species:
C. martinorum
Binomial name
Costapex martinorum
(Cernohorsky, 1986)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) martinorum Cernohorsky, 1986
  • Vexillum martinorum Cernohorsky, 1986

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Costapex martinorum (Cernohorsky, 1986). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957114 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  3. ^ Cernohorsky, W. O. (1986). "The Taxonomy of Some Indo-Pacific Mollusca: Part 13. With Description of a New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 23: 45–57. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906358. Wikidata Q58677267.