''Cleospira ochsneri'' is a
species
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of small
predatory
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sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581136 on 2012-07-08]
Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Panama
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to
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
; also off the
Galapagos Islands.
References
Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. "Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society." XXXIV. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part III. New York Zoological Society, Zoologica 31.2 (1946): 53-76
External links
Sowerby I, G.B. (1834 ["1833"]). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 134-139Gastropods.com: ''Cleospira ochsneri''*
ochsneri
Gastropods described in 1949
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