Compsodrillia jaculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Compsodrillia
Species:	C. jaculum
Binomial name
Compsodrillia jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms [1]
Carinodrillia jaculumPilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Compsodrillia jaculum, common name the javelin turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Costa Rica and Ecuador.

References

• Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33–144.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Compsodrillia jaculum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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