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Conasprella perplexa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)

Gastropodo, Gastropoda

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Conidae

Genus
Conasprella

Species
perplexa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Conasprella (Ximeniconus) perplexa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857), Conus perplexus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857, Perplexiconus perplexus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857), Ximeniconus (Perplexiconus) perplexus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: North Pacific Ocean and Peru (Horton et al., 2021).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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