Micropleurotoma spirotropoides

Micropleurotoma spirotropoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae[1]

Micropleurotoma spirotropoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Micropleurotoma
Species:
M. spirotropoides
Binomial name
Micropleurotoma spirotropoides
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma spirotropoides Thiele, 1925

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Alborán Sea, Mediterranean and off Southeast Africa

References

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  • "Micropleurotoma spirotropoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.