Conopleura latiaxisa
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| Conopleura latiaxisa | |
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| Shells of Conopleura latiaxisa (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Conopleura |
| Species: | C. latiaxisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Conopleura latiaxisa Chino, 2011 | |
Conopleura latiaxisa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Its shell is relatively small for the genus, around 11 mm in length, slender shaped, thick, solid and semi-fusiform, early four whorls elate, acuminate spire, well swollen periphery[clarification needed]. The body whorl is half of the shell length, with a protoconch of about 1.5 whorls. The teleoconch consists of around 5 to 6 convex whorls with a tall spire. Narrow axial ribs reach from suture to suture.
Distribution
The species is only known from the type locality, which is situated between 180 and 250 m deep, near Mactan Island, Cebu, the Philippines.
Habitat
The species lives on sandy mud with small gravel.