''Cochlespira bevdeynzerae'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence betwe ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlespira bevdeynzerae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557317 on 2016-07-14]
Description
The length of the shell attains 50 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
References
Garcia E.F. (2010) ''Description of four new species of Cochlespira (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the New World''. Novapex, 11(4): 107–113
External links
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bevdeynzerae
Gastropods described in 2010
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