Clypeostoma salpinx

Clypeostoma salpinx is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[1][2]

Clypeostoma salpinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Clypeostoma
Species:
C. salpinx
Binomial name
Clypeostoma salpinx
(Barnard, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turcica salpinx Barnard, 1964 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Clypeostoma salpinx (Barnard, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710011 on 2013-04-14
  2. Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502. (6 November 2012)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Clypeostoma salpinx". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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