Elaeocyma arenensis
| Elaeocyma arenensis | |
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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: | Elaeocyma |
| Species: | E. arenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaeocyma arenensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)[1]
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Elaeocyma arenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 45 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off the Gulf of California, Western Mexico
References
[edit]- ^ Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M. (1951) Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. Zoologica, 36, 67–120, 11 pls.
- ^ a b Elaeocyma arenensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2011.
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- Biolib: image of Elaeocyma arenensis