Clathrodrillia paria

Clathrodrillia paria
Drawing of Clathrodrillia paria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clathrodrillia
Species:	C. paria
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia paria (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia fucata Reeve, 1846 Drillia weldiana Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876 Fenimorea fucata fucata (Reeve, 1846) Pleurotoma paria Reeve, 1846

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 27 mm. The shell is obsoletely channeled above the periphery which is not prominently angulated. The longitudinal ribs are numerous, rounded, not prominent, not interrupted on the periphery but continuous to the suture, The shell is sometimes obsoletely spirally striated. The back of the body whorl has a peculiar hump or longitudinal varix. The shell is yellowish white, banded and maculated with yellowish or orange-brown. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the Bahamas and from Florida to Brazil.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clathrodrillia paria (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433227 on 7 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. 
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia fugata)

External links

• Gastropods.com: Fenimorea fucata fucata; accessed : 7 September 2011