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Decoradrillia pulchella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Drilliidae

Scientific name
  
Fenia halidorema

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Genus
  
Decoradrillia

Rank
  
Species

Decoradrillia pulchella

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Drilliidae, Clavus, Conoidea

Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.

References

Decoradrillia pulchella Wikipedia