Neodrillia cydia
Neodrillia cydia, common name the Cydia drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Neodrillia cydia | |
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Shell of Neodrillia cydia (specimen in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Neodrillia |
Species: | N. cydia |
Binomial name | |
Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, 1943 | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic off North Carolina, in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and Jamaica, and off the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, St. Thomas)
References
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
- Bartsch, P. (1943) A review of some West Atlantic turritid mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17, 81–122, pls. 7–15
External links
- 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
- "Neodrillia cydia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
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