Doxospira hertleini

Doxospira hertleini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Doxospira hertleini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Doxospira
Species:
D. hertleini
Binomial name
Doxospira hertleini
Shasky, 1971

Description

The length of the shell attains 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and Panama.

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References

  • Shasky, D.R. (1971) Ten new species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 67–72, 1 pl
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Doxospira hertleini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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