Jump to content

Fenimorea kathyae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fenimorea kathyae
Shell of Fenimorea kathyae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species:
F. kathyae
Binomial name
Fenimorea kathyae
Tippett, 1995 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Splendrillia kathyae Turgeon et al., 1998

Fenimorea kathyae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

[edit]

The shell grows to a length of 36 mm.

Distribution

[edit]

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico; and off Barbados and Guadeloupe at depths between 58 m and 152 m.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
  2. ^ a b Fenimorea kathyae Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363.
[edit]