Cochlespira zanzibarica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
| Cochlespira zanzibarica | |
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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. zanzibarica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochlespira zanzibarica Sysoev, 1996
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 16.9 mm, its diameter 6.9 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar and Madagascar.
References edit
- ^ a b Cochlespira zanzibarica Sysoev, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- A. Sysoev, Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray expedition, 1933–34; Bulletin of the Natural Museum of History v.62 no. 1 (1996)
- Specimen at the MNHN, Paris