Cerodrillia bahamensis

Cerodrillia bahamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Cerodrillia bahamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. bahamensis
Binomial name
Cerodrillia bahamensis
(Bartsch, 1943)
Synonyms[1]

Viridrillia bahamensis Bartsch, 1943

Description

The white shell attains a length of 10 mm. The protoconch consists of 2.1 whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.

References

  1. Cerodrillia bahamensis (Bartsch, 1943). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Bartsch, P. "A review of some west Atlantic turritid mollusks." Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 17.2 (1943): 81–122.


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