Cryoturris lavalleana

Cryoturris lavalleana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Cryoturris lavalleana
Shell of Cryoturris lavalleana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cryoturris
Species:	C. lavalleana
Binomial name
Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma lavalleana d'Orbigny, 1847 (original combination) Pyrgocythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847) Vitricythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)

Description

The length of the shell can be as much as 7 mm (.276 inches).

Distribution

Cryoturris lavalleana is native to the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico