''Cochlespira leeana'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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in the

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Cochlespiridae Cochlespiridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence between the molecular and shell characters. ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlespira leeana. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557320 on 2016-07-16

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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and

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References

Garcia E.F. (2010) ''Description of four new species of Cochlespira (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the New World''. Novapex, 11(4): 107–113
leeana Gastropods described in 2010 {{Cochlespiridae-stub