Curtitoma conoidea
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Curtitoma conoidea

Curtitoma conoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Appearance

The length of the shell varies between 8.5 mm and 15 mm.

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The white shell is narrow and with a long spire. It contains 7 whorls, convex, without carina. The plications are slight, somewhat sigmoid, almost obsolete on the body whorl: everywhere covered with moderately strong revolving striae.

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Distribution

Geography

This species occurs in European waters off arctic Norway and Russia; on the continental shelf of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.

References

1. Curtitoma conoidea Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtitoma_conoidea

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