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Cleospira

Cleospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

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Aug 11, 2026
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Cleospira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Cleospira
McLean, 1971
Type species
Monilispira ochsneri
Species

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Cleospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.1

Species

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cleospira bicolor (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949)
References

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Cleospira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432430 on 2018-12-03
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