Plagiostropha flexus
| Plagiostropha flexus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Plagiostropha |
| Species: | P. flexus
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| Binomial name | |
| Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983) [1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Clavus (Plagiostropha) flexus Shuto, 1983 (basionym) | |
Plagiostropha flexus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description[edit]
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Croker Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, at a depth of 125 m.
References[edit]
- ^ Shuto, T. (1983) Two new species of Turridae from Australia (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Venus, 42, 293–299.
- ^ a b Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- Wells, F.E. 1991. A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 12: 1–33