Carinodrillia alboangulata
Carinodrillia alboangulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
| Carinodrillia alboangulata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Carinodrillia |
| Species: | C. alboangulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Carinodrillia alboangulata (Smith E. A., 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Clavus) alboangulata Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 7 mm.
This ovate-fusiform species contains 9 whorls. It is very remarkably coloured. The seven white stripes radiating from the apex down the blunt, continuous ribs as far as the middle of the body whorl contrast very markedly with the deep-brown ground-colour of the shell. The aperture is rather small, measuring 2/5 of the total length of the shell. Its interior is reddish purple. The rather narrow siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.
References
- Carinodrillia alboangulata (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Carinodrillia alboangulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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