Carinodrillia hexagona

Carinodrillia hexagona
	Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Carinodrillia
Species:	C. hexagona
Binomial name
	Carinodrillia hexagona; (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
	Drillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834); Pleurotoma hexagona Sowerby I, 1834;

Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.

References

Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
"Carinodrillia hexagona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.