| Compsodrillia jaculum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Compsodrillia |
| Species: | C. jaculum
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsodrillia jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Carinodrillia jaculum Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 | |
Compsodrillia jaculum, common name the javelin turrid, 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 varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Costa Rica and Ecuador.
References
References
- Compsodrillia jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33–144.
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 jaculum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.