Cerodrillia clappi

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

Cerodrillia clappi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. clappi
Binomial name
Cerodrillia clappi
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

It is the type species of the genus Cerodrillia.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Keys to Texas at depths between 7 m and 73 m.

References

  1. Cerodrillia clappi Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 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.


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