Cerodrillia carminura

Cerodrillia carminura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species: C. carminura
Binomial name
Cerodrillia carminura
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerodrillia thea carminura (Dall, 1889)
  • Drillia thea var. carminura Dall, 1889

Cerodrillia carminura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The shell has seven whorls beside the protoconch. It is of a lemonade color. It shows nine ribs on the penultimate whorl, rather straighter than in the type Cerodrillia thea and less swollen on the periphery. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico and off West Florida and Barbados.

References

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