Drillia cydia

Drillia cydia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. cydia
Binomial name
Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943) [1]
Synonyms
Neodrillia antiguensis Bartsch, P., 1943 Neodrillia barbadensis Bartsch, P., 1943 Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, P., 1943 Neodrillia encia Bartsch, P., 1943 Neodrillia jamaicensis Bartsch, P., 1943 Inodrillia ustickei Hayes, M. in Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 195

Drillia cydia, common name the glorious drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

References

1. Bartsch, P. (1943) A review of some West Atlantic turritid mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17, 81–122, pls. 7–15.
2. Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 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.

External links

• Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Gastropods.com: Neodrillia cydia; accessed: 10 October 2011