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Strictispira paxillus

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Species of gastropod

Strictispira paxillus
Shell of Strictispira paxillus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Strictispira
Species: S. paxillus
Binomial name
Strictispira paxillus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Crassispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma jamaicensis Guppy, R.J.L., 1866
  • Pleurotoma nigrescens Reeve, L.A., 1845 (Invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma nigrescens C.B. Adams, 1845 )
  • Pleurotoma paxillus Reeve, 1845

Strictispira paxillus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.

The chocolate-brown shell is short and stout. The spire is acuminated at the apex. The whorls are concave round the top, with a small keel, very closely plicated in the middle. The interstices between the folds are finely striated. The shell is ridged round the base. The sinus is large.

Distribution

S. paxillus can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Bahamas south to Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)".
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.

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Taxon identifiers
Strictispira paxillus
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