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Conomitra lindae

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Species of gastropod

Conomitra lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Conomitra
Species: C. lindae
Binomial name
Conomitra lindae
Petuch, 1987

Conomitra lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.

Description

Original description: "Shell fusiform, biconic, shiny and polished: body with numerous fine axial ribs intersected by numerous spiral ribs; small bead produced at intersection of axial spiral ribs; protoconch large, bulbous, composed of 2 whorls; columella with 4 large plications; color pale tan with 2 bands of arrow-shaped dark brown blotches; shoulder with intermittent dark brown patches; entire color pattern in turn, overlaid with fine spiral bands of tiny, pale tan dots; protoconch brown; interior of aperture tan with 2 dark brown bands."

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."

References

  1. Conomitra lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
Taxon identifiers
Conomitra lindae


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