Cochlespira kuroharai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae, the turrids.[1][2]
| Cochlespira kuroharai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Cochlespira |
| Species: | C. kuroharai
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochlespira kuroharai (Kuroda, 1959)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ancistrosyrinx kuroharai Kuroda, 1959 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 31 mm, its width 11.2 mm and contains 10 whorls. The elongate fusiform spire is rather broadly conical with a prominent granulose basal keel and a heavier, rounded peripheral keel above one third of the height of the whorl. The siphonal canal is long and straight.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b Cochlespira kuroharai (Kuroda, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Indo-Pacific mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History; v. 2 # 9-10: p. 403