Clathrodrillia wolfei
Clathrodrillia wolfei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Clathrodrillia wolfei (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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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
- 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
- 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.
- Donn L.Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); The Nautilus. v. 109 (1995-1996)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- 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
External links
Clathodrillia wolfei, holotype at the Smithsonian Institution
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