Compsodrillia haliplexa

Compsodrillia haliplexa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Compsodrillia haliplexa
Original image of a shell of Compsodrillia haliplexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. haliplexa
Binomial name
Compsodrillia haliplexa
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia haliplexa Dall, 1919
  • Clathrodrillia (Carinodrillia) haliplexa Dall, 1919 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

(Original description) The shell contains 12 whorls, excluding the (defective) protoconch. It is pale brown, acute, with an inconspicuous suture. It shows eight or nine prominent axial ribs with equal or wider interspaces and faint incremental lines. The anal fasciole is wide, constricted, a single strong cord and fine spiral threads between it and the suture. In front of the fasciole are about six strong cords slightly swollen as they override the ribs, with much wider interspaces occupied by fine spiral threads, the cord at the periphery stronger than the rest. The base shows threads of intermediate size, close-set. The outer lip is sharp, arcuate and undulate by the ends of the spiral cords. The anal sulcus is short, pear shaped with no subsutural callus. The body throat and the columella are white and smooth. The short siphonal canal is recurved.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of California to Colombia

References
  1. Compsodrillia haliplexa (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Compsodrillia haliplexa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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