Compsodrillia excentrica

Species of gastropod

Compsodrillia excentrica
Original image of a shell of Compsodrillia excentrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. excentrica
Binomial name
Compsodrillia excentrica
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma excentrica Sowerby I, 1834

Compsodrillia excentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama; also off the Galapagos Islands (of doubtful occurrence)

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433382 on 2018-07-10
  • Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt. 9–11 (1841–1843) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Compsodrillia excentrica.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Compsodrillia excentrica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Additions to the Panamic Province gastropod (Mollusca) literature, 1971 to 1992; The Festivus vol. 24 suppl. 1992
  • K.L. Kaiser,The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos; The Festivus v. 29 suppl. 1997
Taxon identifiers
Compsodrillia excentrica


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