Carinapex philippinensis

Carinapex philippinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Carinapex
Species: C. philippinensis
Binomial name
Carinapex philippinensis
Wiedrick, 2015

Carinapex philippinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Central and Western Pacific

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Carinapex philippinensis Wiedrick, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834131 on 2017-01-15
  • Wiedrick S.G. (2015). Review of the genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the description of ten new species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 47(1): 5-28. page(s): 6, pl. 1 figs 9-12

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