Fenimorea sunderlandi

Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Fenimorea sunderlandi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species:
F. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Fenimorea sunderlandi
(Petuch, 1987) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym)

Description

Original description: "Shell large for genus, elongated; body whorl and spire whorls rounded, without obvious shoulder; shell smooth, silky, without spiral grooves, threads, or other sculpture; body whorl with large, wide, swollen axial hump that is roughly 3 ribs in width; columella wide, well-developed; shell color pure white with single, wide, wine red band around mid-body; spire whorls with red band running along suture; interior of aperture white, with red band showing through from exterior."[3]

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[4]

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico;
in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.

References
  1. Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
  2. Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF
  4. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF
  • "Fenimorea sunderlandi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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