Plagiostropha opalus
Species of gastropod
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Plagiostropha opalus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Plagiostropha opalus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Plagiostropha opalus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Plagiostropha |
| Species: | P. opalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiostropha opalus (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm. The shell has continuous longitudinal distant ribs. The wide interstices are smooth or with revolving striae. The whorls are obtusely angulated in the middle. The shell is white with the interstices of the ribs sometimes more or less stained with brown.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific off Fiji, New Caledonia and the Philippines.
