Biology:Carinodrillia dichroa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Carinodrillia dichroa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. dichroa
Binomial name
Carinodrillia dichroa
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932

Carinodrillia dichroa, common name the two-toned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, West Mexico to Ecuador

References

  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929–31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33-144.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3722571 entry