Carinodrillia dichroa

Carinodrillia dichroa, common name the two-toned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Carinodrillia dichroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. dichroa
Binomial name
Carinodrillia dichroa
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, West Mexico to Ecuador

References

  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929–31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33-144.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Carinodrillia dichroa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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