Cleospira ochsneri is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Cleospira ochsneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Cleospira
Species:
C. ochsneri
Binomial name
Cleospira ochsneri
(Hertlein & Strong, 1949)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleospira bicolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Crassispira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949)
  • Monilispira ochsneri Hertlein & Strong, 1949
  • Pleurotoma bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma bicolor Risso, 1826; Monilispira ochsneri is a replacement name)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama to Ecuador; also off the Galapagos Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581136 on 2012-07-08
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  • Sowerby I, G.B. (1834 ["1833"]). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 134-139
  • Gastropods.com: Cleospira ochsneri
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.