Cleospira ochsneri
Species of gastropod
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Cleospira ochsneri is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Cleospira ochsneri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Cleospira |
| Species: | C. ochsneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama to Ecuador; also off the Galapagos Islands.
