Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Cerodrillia carminura | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
Cerodrillia carminura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
The shell has seven whorls beside the protoconch. It is of a lemonade color. It shows nine ribs on the penultimate whorl, rather straighter than in the type Cerodrillia thea and less swollen on the periphery.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico and off West Florida and Barbados.
References
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