Fenimorea janetae
| Fenimorea janetae | |
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| Apertural view of Fenimorea janetae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fenimorea |
| Species: | F. janetae |
| Binomial name | |
| Fenimorea janetae Bartsch, 1934 [1] | |
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Fenimorea janetae, common name Janet's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico; in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil.
References
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls.
- ↑ Fenimorea janetae Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
- 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
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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