Carinodrillia hexagona

Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Carinodrillia hexagona
Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona
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. hexagona
Binomial name
Carinodrillia hexagona
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pleurotoma hexagona Sowerby I, 1834

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.

References
  1. Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Carinodrillia hexagona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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