Monilispira monilifera

Monilispira monilifera, common name one-ridge bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Monilispira monilifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Monilispira
Species:
M. monilifera
Binomial name
Monilispira monilifera
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira monilifera (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Crassispira (Monilispira) monilifera (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Drillia monilifera Carpenter, 1857 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Panama

References
  1. Crassispira monilifera (Carpenter, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Carpenter, Philip Pearsall. Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1857.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira (Monilispira) monilifera


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