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Cochlespira

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Crassispira, Bathytoma, Gemmula, Lophiotoma, Clavatula

Cochlespira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.

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Description

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.

Distribution

Species from this genus occur in very deep water in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species within the genus Cochlespira include:

  • Cochlespira beuteli Powell, 1969
  • Cochlespira bevdeynzerae Garcia, 2010
  • Cochlespira cavalier Garcia, 2010
  • Cochlespira cedonulli (Reeve, 1843)
  • Cochlespira crispulata (Martens, 1901)
  • Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881)
  • Cochlespira elongata Simone, 1999
  • † Cochlespira engonata Conrad, 1865 (extinct species from the Claibornean, Texas, USA)
  • Cochlespira kuroharai (Kuroda, 1959)
  • Cochlespira laurettamarrae Garcia, 2010
  • Cochlespira leeana Garcia, 2010
  • † Cochlespira maorum (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)
  • Cochlespira pulchella (Schepman, 1913)
  • Cochlespira pulcherrissima (Kira, 1955)
  • Cochlespira radiata (Dall, 1889)
  • Cochlespira simillima Powell, 1969
  • Cochlespira travancorica (Smith E. A., 1896)
  • Cochlespira zanzibarica Sysoev, 1996

    • References

    Cochlespira Wikipedia
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