Leptadrillia cookei
| Leptadrillia cookei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Leptadrillia |
| Species: | L. cookei |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptadrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pleurotoma (Drillia) cookei Smith E. A., 1888 | |
Leptadrillia cookei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico), the Gulf of Mexico (Florida to Texas) and the Western Atlantic Ocean (Northern Brazil)
References
- ↑ Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317.
- 1 2 Leptadrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 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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