Conopleura latiaxisa

Conopleura latiaxisa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Conopleura latiaxisa
Shells of Conopleura latiaxisa (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Conopleura
Species:
C. latiaxisa
Binomial name
Conopleura latiaxisa
Chino, 2011

Description

Its shell is relatively small for the genus, around 11 mm in length, slender shaped, thick, solid and semi-fusiform, early four whorls elate, acuminate spire, well swollen periphery. The body whorl is half of the shell length, with a protoconch of about 1.5 whorls. The teleoconch consists of around 5 to 6 convex whorls with a tall spire. Narrow axial ribs reach from suture to suture.

Distribution

The species is only known from the type locality, which is situated between 180–250 m deep, near Mactan Island, Cebu, the Philippines.

Habitat

The species lives on sandy mud with small gravel.

Etymology

The word "latiaxisa" refers to the particular characteristics of trigonal spines, which reminds one of the genus Latiaxis in the subfamily Coralliophiliinae in the Muricidae.

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References
  1. M. Chino (2011). "A new species of Conopleura (Gastropoda - Turridae) from the Philippine Islands". Visaya. 3 (4): 67–70.


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