Carinodrillia hexagona
Appearance
Carinodrillia hexagona | |
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Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Carinodrillia |
Species: | C. hexagona
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Binomial name | |
Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.
The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.
References
- ^ a b Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Carinodrillia hexagona