Clathrodrillia solida
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| Shell of Clathrodrillia solida (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clathrodrillia |
| Species: | C. solida
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| Binomial name | |
| Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850)
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Clathrodrillia solida, common name the solid drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description[edit]
The color of the shell is deep chocolate-brown. Its longitudinal ribs are separated by wider interspaces, crossed by revolving raised lines, forming granules. It is smooth and slightly concave above the periphery, with a raised line next the suture. The shell grows to a length of 19 mm.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the West Indies.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 193; 1884 (described as Drillia fuscescens)
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clathrodrillia solida.
- "Strictispira solida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tippett D.L. (2006). The genus Strictispira in the western Atlantic (Gastropoda: Conoidea). Malacologia. 48(1-2): 43-64.