Conopleura latiaxisa

Conopleura latiaxisa
Shells of Conopleura latiaxisa (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Conopleura
Species:	C. latiaxisa
Binomial name
Conopleura latiaxisa Chino, 2011

Conopleura latiaxisa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

Its shell is relatively small for the genus, around 11 mm in length, slender shaped, thick, solid and semi-fusiform, early four whorls elate, acuminate spire, well swollen periphery^[clarification needed]. The body whorl is half of the shell length, with a protoconch of about 1.5 whorls. The teleoconch consists of around 5 to 6 convex whorls with a tall spire. Narrow axial ribs reach from suture to suture.

Distribution

The species is only known from the type locality, which is situated between 180 and 250 m deep, near Mactan Island, Cebu, the Philippines.

Habitat

The species lives on sandy mud with small gravel.

Etymology

The word "latiaxisa" refers to the particular characteristics of trigonal spines, which reminds one of the genus Latiaxis in the subfamily Coralliophiliinae in the Muricidae.

References

1. WoRMS (2020). Gastropoda. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101 on 2020-09-29
2. M. Chino (2011). "A new species of Conopleura (Gastropoda - Turridae) from the Philippine Islands". Visaya. 3 (4): 67–70.

External links

• "Conopleura latiaxisa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Nappo A., Rey X., Pellegrinii D., Bonomolo G., & Crocetta F., 2018 - Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844. Zootaxa 4392 (3)