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Monilispira monilifera

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Monilispira monilifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Monilispira
Species:
M. monilifera
Binomial name
Monilispira monilifera
(Carpenter, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira monilifera (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Crassispira (Monilispira) monilifera (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Drillia monilifera Carpenter, 1857 (original combination)

Monilispira monilifera, common name one-ridge bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Panama

References

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  • Carpenter, Philip Pearsall. Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1857.
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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.
  • Gastropods.com: Crassispira (Monilispira) monilifera