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] | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Fenimorea pagodula (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- 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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