Cryoturris fargoi

Cryoturris fargoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Cryoturris fargoi
Shell of Cryoturris fargoi (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. fargoi
Binomial name
Cryoturris fargoi
McGinty, 1955

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

C. fargoi can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Florida, the Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil.[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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References

  1. Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.
  • "Cryoturris fargoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.


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