Cryoturris fargoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Cryoturris fargoi (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cryoturris |
| Species: | C. fargoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.
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Distribution edit
C. fargoi can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Florida, the Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil.[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
References edit
- ^ a b Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.
- McGinty, Thomas L. "New marine mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1955): 75–85.
- G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- "Cryoturris fargoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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