Fenimorea pagodula

Fenimorea pagodula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species: F. pagodula
Binomial name
Fenimorea pagodula
(Dall, 1889) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cymatosyrinx pagodula M. Smith, 1951
  • Drillia pagodula Dall, 1889 (basionym)
  • Drillia (Cymatosyrinx) pagodula Cossmann, 1896
  • Splendrillia pagodula Petuch, 1994

Fenimorea pagodula 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 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil at depths between 30 m and 282 m.

References

  1. Dall, W.H. (1889a) Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 18, 1–492, pls. 10–40.
  2. 1 2 Fenimorea pagodula (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.

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