Cymatosyrinx carpenteri

Cymatosyrinx carpenteri
Drawing of Cymatosyrinx carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Cymatosyrinx
Species:	C. carpenteri
Binomial name
Cymatosyrinx carpenteri (Verrill & Smith, 1880) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Daphnella carpenteri Verrill & Smith, 1880 Pleurotoma carpenteri Verrill & Smith, 1880

Cymatosyrinx carpenteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Description

The shell is scarcely shouldered, with about twelve short flexuous longitudinal ribs and no spiral sculpture. The shell is white or pale yellow, often with darker brownish yellow ribs. The shell grows to a length of 7 mm. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. ^ Verrill and Smith, Am. Jour. Sc., 3d ser., xx, p. 395.
2. ^ ^{a b} Cymatosyrinx carpenteri (Verrill & Smith, 1880).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433476 on 2 October 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 312; 1884 (treated as Daphnella carpenteri)

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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