Cerodrillia simpsoni
| Cerodrillia simpsoni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. simpsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia simpsoni (Simpson, 1886) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerodrillia simpsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean along Northern Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Cerodrillia simpsoni (Simpson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 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.
- 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.
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