Fenimorea sunderlandi
Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Fenimorea sunderlandi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fenimorea |
| Species: | F. sunderlandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym) | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.
References
- Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
- Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
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