''Costulopsis hadfieldi'' is a species of

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

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

in the family

Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Re ...

. It was described by Jay and Drivas, in 2002.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Costulopsis hadfieldi (Jay & Drivas, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1356326 on 2022-07-16Jay M. & Drivas J. (2002). The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

* Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2010) ''The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea).'' Bollettino Malacologico 46: 45–64. * Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2014). ''The Cerithiopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea) of South Madagascar (Indian Ocean).'' Bollettino Malacologico. 50: 75-126 * Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2019). Costulopsis nom. nov., a replacement name for the Gastropoda genus Nanopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2010 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae), preoccupied by Nanopsis Henningsmoen, 1954 (Arthropoda: Ostracoda: Beyrichiidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 55(1): 65–67.

External links

Jay M. & Drivas J. (2002). ''The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean).'' Novapex 3(1): 1-45
Cerithiopsidae Gastropods described in 2002 {{Cerithiopsidae-stub