Clathrodrillia allyniana

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

Clathrodrillia allyniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species:
C. allyniana
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia allyniana
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatosyrinx allyniana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
  • Drillia (Clathrodrillia) allyniana (Hertlein and Strong, 1951)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico.

References

  1. Clathrodrillia allyniana (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). 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.
  • Keen, A. Myra. "Sea shells of Tropical West America: Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, 1064 pp." (1971).


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