Syntomodrillia carolinae
Appearance
Syntomodrillia carolinae | |
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Shell of Syntomodrillia carolinae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Syntomodrillia |
Species: | S. carolinae
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Binomial name | |
Syntomodrillia carolinae (P. Bartsch, 1934)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Splendrillia carolinae Bartsch, 1934 |
Syntomodrillia carolinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles (Guadeloupe) and Southern Brazil at depths between 219 m and 293 m.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia carolinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436892 on 2016-11-20
- P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution
External links
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- 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID 27394363.
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris