''Cymakra baileyi'' is a species of

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, a marine

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in the

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Mitromorphidae Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitromorphidae Casey, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

.Bouchet, P. (2017). Cymakra baileyi McLean & Poorman, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435468 on 4 February 2018

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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, Baja California, Mexico.

References

* McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) ''New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae''. The Veliger, 14, 89–113

External links

* * baileyi Gastropods described in 1971 {{mitromorpha-stub