Haedropleura summa

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Haedropleura summa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species:
H. summa
Binomial name
Haedropleura summa
Kilburn, 1988

Haedropleura summa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Turridae.[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 12.7 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References[]

  1. ^ a b Haedropleura summa Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320

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