Strictispira paxillus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1] [2]
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| Shell of Strictispira paxillus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Strictispira |
| Species: | S. paxillus
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| Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.
The chocolate-brown shell is short and stout. The spire is acuminated at the apex. The whorls are concave round the top, with a small keel, very closely plicated in the middle. The interstices between the folds are finely striated. The shell is ridged round the base. The sinus is large. [3]
Distribution
editS. paxillus can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Bahamas south to Brazil.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)".
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
External links
edit- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
- MNHN, Paris: specimen
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Strictispira paxillus