Conomitra leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
| Conomitra leonardhilli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Conomitra |
| Species: | C. leonardhilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
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Description
editOriginal description: "Shell fusiform, biconic; body with numerous fine axial ribs, running from suture to siphonal canal; axial ribs intersected by numerous spiral cords, giving shell reticulated sculpture; protoconch large, bulbous, composed of 2 whorls; aperture narrow; columella with 4 large plications; shell color white or pale cream-tan with numerous, reddish-brown zig-zag flammules; protoconch and interior of aperture white."[2]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello,
Venezuela, South America."[3]
References
edit- ^ Conomitra leonardhilli Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 109. Publ: CERF