Clathrodrillia lophoessa
Clathrodrillia lophoessa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Clathrodrillia lophoessa | |
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| Shell of Clathrodrillia lophoessa (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clathrodrillia |
| Species: | C. lophoessa |
| Binomial name | |
| Clathrodrillia lophoessa (Watson, 1882) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil at depths of 640 m to 1234 m.
References
- Clathrodrillia lophoessa (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.
- 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.
- Watson, R. B. 1882, Challenger Expedition, Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenge; Zoology v. 15 pt. 41-43, 1886 (described as Clionella lophoessa)
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
- "Kurtzia lophoessa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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