Cerodrillia thea
| Cerodrillia thea | |
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| Drawing of Cerodrillia thea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. thea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia thea Dall, 1884 | |
Cerodrillia thea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 19 mm. The shell is ashy olivaceous, covered with a shiny very thin epidermis, and is claret-brown within the aperture.. There are eight whorls with eleven short, oblique, slightly curved ribs, more prominent on the periphery and fading away above it. The shell shows an evanescent spiral strife, not always visible, and some stronger raised threads towards the base. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean along Eastern Brazil..
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884). 6 September 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia thea)
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.