Clathrodrillia wolfei

Clathrodrillia wolfei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Clathrodrillia wolfei
Shell of Clathrodrillia wolfei (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species:
C. wolfei
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia wolfei
(Tippett, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia (Drillia) wolfei Tippett, 1995 (basionym)
  • Drillia wolfei Tippett, 1995 (original combination)

Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean (on the North Carolina Shelf) and the Caribbean Sea off Mexico; in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, Florida, Louisiana.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Clathrodrillia wolfei (Tippett, 1995). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871970 on 2016-08-04
  2. 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.
Clathodrillia wolfei, holotype at the Smithsonian Institution


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