Compsodrillia gundlachi

Compsodrillia gundlachi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Compsodrillia gundlachi
Shell of Compsodrillia gundlachi (Specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Compsodrillia
Species:
C. gundlachi
Binomial name
Compsodrillia gundlachi
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia gundlachi Dall & Simpson, 1901
  • Stenodrillia gundlachi (W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 50 mm.

(Original description) The solid, slender shell is pale brown or whitish. It contains ten whorls (the nepionic whorls lost) strongly appressed at the suture; anal fascicle close to the suture,. The whorls are smooth or faintly spirally striated, rather wide and excavated. The notch is wide, not very deep. The sculpture consists of about six strong, short, turgid ribs obsolete in front of the periphery and on the last half of the body whorl. These are crossed by from two to five spiral threads stronger on the summits of the ribs, especially the pair which first appear, and faint, finer, spiral striations between the ribs. The lines of growth are well marked. The aperture is elongate. The outer lip is moderately thickened. The inner lip and aperture are white. The siphonal canal is rather wide. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies and Puerto Rico.

References
  1. Compsodrillia gundlachi (Dall & Simpson, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Dall, William Healey, and Charles Torrey Simpson. The Mollusca of Porto Rico. US Government Printing Office, 1901 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Daccarett, E. Y. & Bossio, V. S. 2011. Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea. L'Informatore Piceno. 384pp
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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