Plagiostropha opalus
Plagiostropha opalus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Plagiostropha |
| Species: | P. opalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiostropha opalus (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm. The shell has continuous longitudinal distant ribs. The wide interstices are smooth or with revolving striae. The whorls are obtusely angulated in the middle. The shell is white with the interstices of the ribs sometimes more or less stained with brown.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Fiji, New Caledonia and the Philippines.
References
- Plagiostropha opalus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 May 2012.
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 253; 1884 (described as Mangilia opalus)
- M.M. Schepman, Full text of "Siboga expeditie"
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- Wells, F.E. (1995) A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with records from other areas. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 167, 527–556.
External links
- "Plagiostropha opalus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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