Cerodrillia perryae

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

Cerodrillia perryae
Shell of Cerodrillia perryae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. perryae
Binomial name
Cerodrillia perryae
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Synonyms[1]

Cerodrillia (Cerodrillia) perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 2 m and 95 m.

References

  1. Cerodrillia perryae 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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