Cochlespira
Sign in to saveCochlespira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCochlespiridae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 266
- With media
- 73
- Family
- Cochlespiridae
- Collections
- PRI, NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cochlespiridae
- Image
- Cochlespira radiata 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cochlespira
- topic's main category
- Category:Cochlespira
- taxon name
- Cochlespira
- taxon rank
- genus
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Cochlespira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
==Description== thumb|A shell of a Cochlespira cedonulli, found in [[Mexico.]] The species in this genus are characterized by their elongated fusiform spire and a long siphonal canal. The whorls show on their edge spinose projections.
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