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

Doxospira hertleini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Doxospira
Species:
D. hertleini
Binomial name
Doxospira hertleini
Shasky, 1971

Description

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The length of the shell attains 50 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and Panama.

References

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  • Shasky, D.R. (1971) Ten new species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 67–72, 1 pl
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Doxospira hertleini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.