Fenimorea sunderlandi

Fenimorea sunderlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species: F. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Fenimorea sunderlandi
(Petuch, 1987) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym)

Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.

References

  1. Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
  2. 1 2 Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.

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