Carinapex philippinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
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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: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Carinapex |
| Species: | C. philippinensis
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| Carinapex philippinensis Wiedrick, 2015
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Central and Western Pacific.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Carinapex philippinensis Wiedrick, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834131 on 2017-01-15
- Wiedrick S.G. (2015). Review of the genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the description of ten new species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 47(1): 5–28. page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 9–12
External links
edit- "Carinapex philippinensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.