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Cochlespira beuteli

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Species of gastropod

Cochlespira beuteli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species: C. beuteli
Binomial name
Cochlespira beuteli
Powell, 1969

Cochlespira beuteli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 23 mm. The Snail has an elongated and spiral shell, which can vary in color and pattern depending on environmental factors. The shell typically features several whorls, with a prominent siphonal canal at the apex.

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Distribution

This species is distributed from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia

References

  1. ^ Cochlespira beuteli Powell, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  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.
  • Powell, A.W.B., 1969. - The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacifie. Part 2. The subfamily Turrieulinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 2 (10): 207-415
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295
Taxon identifiers
Cochlespira beuteli


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