Clathrodrillia solida

Clathrodrillia solida, common name the solid drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Clathrodrillia solida
Shell of Clathrodrillia solida (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species:
C. solida
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia solida
(Adams C. B., 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890
  • Clathrodrillia solida C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Crassispira ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890
  • Crassispira fuscescens auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Crassispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Drillia ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890
  • Drillia fuscescens Gray
  • Drillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Pleurotoma solida Adams C. B., 1850
  • Strictispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Description

The color of the shell is deep chocolate-brown. Its longitudinal ribs are separated by wider interspaces, crossed by revolving raised lines, forming granules. It is smooth and slightly concave above the periphery, with a raised line next the suture. The shell grows to a length of 19 mm.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the West Indies.

References
  1. Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.
  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.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 193; 1884 (described as Drillia fuscescens)
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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