Cochlespira zanzibarica explained

Cochlespira zanzibarica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.9 mm, its diameter 6.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar and Madagascar.

External links

• A. Sysoev, Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray expedition, 1933–34; Bulletin of the Natural Museum of History v.62 no. 1 (1996)
• Specimen at the MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .