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Carinodrillia adonis

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Carinodrillia adonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. adonis
Binomial name
Carinodrillia adonis
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Carinodrillia adonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.[citation needed]

References

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  • Pilsbry, 1932: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 84, pp.:33–144, 7 figs., 1–17 pls., 2 photographs
  • Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. West Mexican and Central American mollusks, collected by H.N. Lowe 1929–31.
  • Hertlein, L. G., and A. M. Strong. "Marine mollusks collected at the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Velero III, 1931–1932." Essays in the Natural Sciences in honor of Captain Allan Hancock on the occasion of his birthday, 26 July (1955): 111–145.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Carinodrillia adonis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.