Plagiostropha flexus

Plagiostropha flexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Plagiostropha
Species: P. flexus
Binomial name
Plagiostropha flexus
(Shuto, 1983) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Clavus (Plagiostropha) flexus Shuto, 1983 (basionym)

Plagiostropha flexus 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 Croker Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, at a depth of 125 m.

References

  1. Shuto, T. (1983) Two new species of Turridae from Australia (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Venus, 42, 293–299.
  2. 1 2 Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2011.


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