Cryoturris trilineata

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

Cryoturris trilineata
Drawing of a shell of Cryoturris trilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. trilineata
Binomial name
Cryoturris trilineata
(Adams C. B., 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agathotoma trilineata (Adams C.B., 1845)
  • Mangilia trilineata (Adams C.B., 1845)
  • Pleurotoma trilineata Adams C. B., 1845 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The shell is narrowly shouldered, with small, close, numerous longitudinal ribs and impressed revolving striae. It has a whitish color, with three narrow brown bands, one of which appears on the spire whorls.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela.

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