Carinodrillia buccooensis

Carinodrillia buccooensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Carinodrillia buccooensis
Apertural view of a shell of Carinodrillia buccooensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. buccooensis
Binomial name
Carinodrillia buccooensis
Nowell-Usticke, 1971

Description

The length of the shell attains 18.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Tobago, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

References

  • Nowell-Usticke, G. W. "A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated), revised edition, to be added to the check list of the marine shells of St. Croix." (1971).
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Carinodrillia buccooensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Boyko, Christopher B., and James R. Cordeiro. "Catalog of Recent type specimens in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, part 2 (class Gastropoda [exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (2001): 1-170


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