Carinodrillia mamona

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

Carinodrillia mamona
Shell of Carinodrillia mamona (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. mamona
Binomial name
Carinodrillia mamona
Corea, 1934

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Puerto Rico at depths between 60 m and 73 m.

References

  • Corea, Lois Fleming. Reports on the Collections Obtained by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep. New Marine Mollusks, Etc. 1934.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Carinodrillia mamona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Corea, Lois Fleming. "New marine mollusks (with three plates)." (1934).


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