Syntomodrillia carolinae
Syntomodrillia carolinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Syntomodrillia carolinae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Syntomodrillia |
| Species: | S. carolinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Syntomodrillia carolinae (P. Bartsch, 1934) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Splendrillia carolinae Bartsch, 1934 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles (Guadeloupe) and Southern Brasil at depths between 219 m and 293 m.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia carolinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436892 on 2016-11-20
- P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
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