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Plagiostropha sinecosta

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Plagiostropha sinecosta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Plagiostropha
Species:
P. sinecosta
Binomial name
Plagiostropha sinecosta
Wells, 1991[1]

Plagiostropha sinecosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Port Hedland, Western Australia, at a depth of 200 metres (660 ft).

References

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  1. ^ Wells, F.E. (1991a) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 12, 1–33.
  2. ^ a b Plagiostropha sinecosta Wells, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.