Clathrodrillia gibbosus

Clathrodrillia gibbosus
Drawing of Clathrodrillia gibbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species: C. gibbosus
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia gibbosus
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia gibbosus Born, 1778
  • Murex gibbosus Born, 1778

Clathrodrillia gibbosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm. The shell is yellowish white or brownish, usually interruptedly broad-banded above and below the middle of the body whorl. The spire is turreted. The whorls are covered with a sutural cord and have a smooth, slightly concave shoulder The periphery is nodulous with the terminations of oblique, longitudinal ribs, which are crossed by strong revolving lines. The labium has a very strong projecting superior callus. The outer lip is winged, with a second small sinus indicated towards the base. The siphonal canal is short. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea along Colombia and Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ a b Clathrodrillia gibbosus (Born, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433223 on 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 179; 1884 (described as Drillia gibbosus)

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