Plagiostropha sinecosta

Plagiostropha sinecosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Plagiostropha
Species: P. sinecosta
Binomial name
Plagiostropha sinecosta
Wells, 1991 [1]

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off Port Hedland, Western Australia, at a depth of 200 metres (660 ft).

References

  1. Wells, F.E. (1991a) A revision of the Recent Australian species of the turrid genera Clavus, Plagiostropha, and Tylotiella (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 12, 1–33.
  2. Plagiostropha sinecosta Wells, 1991.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.


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