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Carinodrillia hexagona

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Carinodrillia hexagona
Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona
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. hexagona
Binomial name
Carinodrillia hexagona
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pleurotoma hexagona Sowerby I, 1834

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

External links

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Carinodrillia hexagona