Elegant Cryptospira [Cryptospira elegans]
Description
Also known as the Elegant Pleurotoma, this marine snail has a slender and elongated shell, which is typically about 15 mm long. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the waters around the Philippines, and lives in shallow subtidal waters.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Gastropods
Gastropoda
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| Order |
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda
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| Family |
Margin snails
Marginellidae
|
| Genus |
Cryptospira
Cryptospira
|