Plagiostropha hexagona

Plagiostropha hexagona
Shell of Plagiostropha hexagona (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Plagiostropha
Species:
P. hexagona
Binomial name
Plagiostropha hexagona
(Wells, 1995)

Plagiostropha hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off New Caledonia at depths of 410 m to 420 m.

References

  1. ↑ Wells, F.E. (1995) A revision of the drilliid genera Splendrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with records from other areas. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 167, 527–556.
  2. ↑ Plagiostropha hexagona (Wells, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.