Cerodrillia thea

Cerodrillia thea
Drawing of Cerodrillia thea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Cerodrillia
Species:	C. thea
Binomial name
Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia thea Dall, 1884

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

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 19 mm. The shell is ashy olivaceous, covered with a shiny very thin epidermis, and is claret-brown within the aperture.. There are eight whorls with eleven short, oblique, slightly curved ribs, more prominent on the periphery and fading away above it. The shell shows an evanescent spiral strife, not always visible, and some stronger raised threads towards the base. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean along Eastern Brazil..

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884). 6 September 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420296.
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. 
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia thea)

• 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.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Cerodrillia thea; accessed : 6 September 2011