Cerodrillia elegans

Cerodrillia elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Cerodrillia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cerodrillia elegans
Fallon, 2016

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Espirito Sancto, Brasil.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Cerodrillia elegans Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871942 on 2016-07-31
  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.


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