Compsodrillia excentrica
| Compsodrillia excentrica | |
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| Original image of a shell of Compsodrillia excentrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Compsodrillia |
| Species: | C. excentrica
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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[edit]
The length of the shell attains 28.3 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama; also off the Galapagos Islands (of doubtful occurrence)
References[edit]
- ^ 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)
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External links[edit]
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
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