| Compsodrillia excentrica | |
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| Original image of a shell of Compsodrillia excentrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Compsodrillia |
| Species: | C. excentrica
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Pleurotoma excentrica Sowerby I, 1834 | |
Compsodrillia excentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.1
Description
The length of the shell attains 28.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama; also off the Galapagos Islands (of doubtful occurrence)
References
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Compsodrillia excentrica (Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433382 on 2018-07-10
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt. 9–11 (1841–1843) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Compsodrillia excentrica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Additions to the Panamic Province gastropod (Mollusca) literature, 1971 to 1992; The Festivus vol. 24 suppl. 1992
- K.L. Kaiser, The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos; The Festivus v. 29 suppl. 1997