Conopleura latiaxisa
| Conopleura latiaxisa | |
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| Shells of Conopleura latiaxisa (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Conopleura |
| Species: | C. latiaxisa
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| Binomial name | |
| Conopleura latiaxisa Chino, 2011
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Conopleura latiaxisa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description[edit]
Its shell is relatively small for the genus, around 11 mm in length, slender shaped, thick, solid and semi-fusiform, early four whorls elate, acuminate spire, well swollen periphery[clarification needed]. The body whorl is half of the shell length, with a protoconch of about 1.5 whorls. The teleoconch consists of around 5 to 6 convex whorls with a tall spire. Narrow axial ribs reach from suture to suture.
Distribution[edit]
The species is only known from the type locality, which is situated between 180 and 250 m deep, near Mactan Island, Cebu, the Philippines.
Habitat[edit]
The species lives on sandy mud with small gravel.
Etymology[edit]
The word "latiaxisa" refers to the particular characteristics of trigonal spines, which reminds one of the genus Latiaxis in the subfamily Coralliophiliinae in the Muricidae.
References[edit]
- ^ WoRMS (2020). Gastropoda. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101 on 2020-09-29
- ^ M. Chino (2011). "A new species of Conopleura (Gastropoda - Turridae) from the Philippine Islands". Visaya. 3 (4): 67–70.
External links[edit]
- "Conopleura latiaxisa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Nappo A., Rey X., Pellegrinii D., Bonomolo G., & Crocetta F., 2018 - Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844. Zootaxa 4392 (3)