Fenimorea paria

Fenimorea paria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Fenimorea paria
Drawing of a shell of Fenimorea paria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species:
F. paria
Binomial name
Fenimorea paria
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia paria (Reeve, 1846)
  • Drillia fucata Reeve, 1846
  • Drillia weldiana Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876
  • Fenimorea fucata fucata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma paria Reeve, 1846

This species is considered by WoRMS as a nomen dubium.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 27 mm. The shell is obsoletely channeled above the periphery which is not prominently angulated. The longitudinal ribs are numerous, rounded, not prominent, not interrupted on the periphery but continuous to the suture, The shell is sometimes obsoletely spirally striated. The back of the body whorl has a peculiar hump or longitudinal varix. The shell is yellowish white, banded and maculated with yellowish or orange-brown.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and from Florida to Brazil.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Fenimorea paria (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872030 on 2016-08-02
  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. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia fugata)

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