Clathrodrillia solida

Clathrodrillia solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species: C. solida
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia solida
(Adams C. B., 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia fuscescens Gray
  • Pleurotoma solida Adams C. B., 1850

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

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Description

The color of the shell is deep chocolate-brown. Its longitudinal ribs are separated by wider interspaces, crossed by revolving raised lines, forming granules. It is smooth and slightly concave above the periphery, with a raised line next the suture. The shell grows to a length of 19 mm. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies.

References

  1. ^ a b Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433229 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. 193; 1884 (described as Drillia fuscescens)