Haplocochlias ortizi

Haplocochlias ortizi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Haplocochlias ortizi
Shell of Haplocochlias ortizi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Species:
H. ortizi
Binomial name
Haplocochlias ortizi
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe and Cuba at a depth between 49 m and 54 m.

References

  • Espinosa, J., J. Ortea and R. Fernández-Garcés. 2005. Descripción de tres nuevas especies del género Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Avicennia 17: 71–76.


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.