Clathrodrillia albicoma

Clathrodrillia albicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species: C. albicoma
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia albicoma
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia albicoma Dall, 1889

Clathrodrillia albicoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean along Eastern Brazil.

References

  1. 1 2 Clathrodrillia albicoma (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 September 2011.
  2. 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.

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