Cerodrillia nicklesi
| Cerodrillia nicklesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. nicklesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia nicklesi (Knudsen, 1956) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Drillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956 | |
Cerodrillia nicklesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara and Senegal
References
- ↑ Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 114, 129–185, 3 pls.
- 1 2 Cerodrillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Knudsen J. , 1956. Remarks on a collection of marine Prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A(2)18: 514-529, sér. A
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Ardovini, R. & Cossignani, T. (2004) West African Seashells. L'Informatore Piceno, Ancona, Italy, 319 pp. NIZT682
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