- Drillia cydia
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Drillia cydia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Drillia Species: D. cydia Binomial name Drillia cydia
(Bartsch, 1943) [1]Synonyms - Neodrillia antiguensis Bartsch, P., 1943
- Neodrillia barbadensis Bartsch, P., 1943
- Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, P., 1943
- Neodrillia encia Bartsch, P., 1943
- Neodrillia jamaicensis Bartsch, P., 1943
- Inodrillia ustickei Hayes, M. in Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 195
Drillia cydia, common name the glorious drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
References
- ^ Bartsch, P. (1943) A review of some West Atlantic turritid mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17, 81–122, pls. 7–15.
- ^ Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420301 on 10 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.
External links
- Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Gastropods.com: Neodrillia cydia; accessed: 10 October 2011
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