Cochlespira elongata

Cochlespira elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Cochlespira
Species: C. elongata
Binomial name
Cochlespira elongata
Simone, 1999

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern and Eastern Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ Cochlespira elongata Simone, 1999.  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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