Cymatosyrinx parciplicata

Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cymatosyrinx
Species: C. parciplicata
Binomial name
Cymatosyrinx parciplicata
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1915)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia parciplicata Sowerby III, 1915

Cymatosyrinx parciplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 23 mm.

The shell is elongate-acuminate. Its color is dark white. The spire is elongate and contains 7 whorls. The first one is rounded, the second whorl is slightly convex, the others are convex and obtusely angulated. They show a few smooth oblique plicae. The interstices between the ribs are rather smooth. The body whorl is oblong and slightly convex on top and with a short, but conspicuous, fold below the suture. There is no dorsal varix. The siphonal canal is truncated.The columella is nearly straight and very thin plated.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the subtropical Northwest Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines.

References

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