Carinodrillia adonis

Carinodrillia adonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Carinodrillia
Species: C. adonis
Binomial name
Carinodrillia adonis
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Carinodrillia adonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Carinodrillia adonis Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Pilsbry, 1932: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 84, pp.:33-144, 7 figs., 1-17 pls., 2 photographs
  • Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. West Mexican and Central American mollusks, collected by H.N. Lowe 1929-31.
  • Hertlein, L. G., and A. M. Strong. "Marine mollusks collected at the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Velero III, 1931-1932." Essays in the Natural Sciences in honor of Captain Allan Hancock on the occasion of his birthday, 26 July (1955): 111-145.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Carinodrillia adonis


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