Fenimorea culexensis

Fenimorea culexensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species: F. culexensis
Binomial name
Fenimorea culexensis
Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1]

Fenimorea culexensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico.

References

  1. ^ Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1969) A Supplementary Listing of New Shells (Illustrated). To be Added to the Checklist of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont, 32 pp., 6 pls.
  2. ^ Fenimorea culexensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433803 on 5 April 2010.