Clathrodrillia orellana

Clathrodrillia orellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species: C. orellana
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia orellana
Dall, 1927 [1]

Clathrodrillia orellana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] [3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Georgia at a depth of 800 m.

References

  1. ^ Dall, W.H. (1927) Small shells from the dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer “Albatross” in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70, 1–134.
  2. ^ Clathrodrillia orellana Dall, 1927.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433226 on 7 September 2011.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.