Fenimorea halidorema

Fenimorea halidorema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species: F. halidorema
Binomial name
Fenimorea halidorema
Schwengel, 1940 [1]
Synonyms

Splendrillia (Fenimorea) halidorema Abbott, 1974

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.

References

  1. ^ Schwengel, J.S. (1940) New Mollusca from Florida. The Nautilus, 54, 49–52, pl. 3.
  2. ^ Fenimorea halidorema Schwengel, 1940.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420306 on 24 October 2011.

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