Biology:Fenimorea sunderlandi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Fenimorea sunderlandi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Fenimorea
Species:
F. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Fenimorea sunderlandi
(Petuch, 1987) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym)

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

Description

Original description: "Shell large for genus, elongated; body whorl and spire whorls rounded, without obvious shoulder; shell smooth, silky, without spiral grooves, threads, or other sculpture; body whorl with large, wide, swollen axial hump that is roughly 3 ribs in width; columella wide, well-developed; shell color pure white with single, wide, wine red band around mid-body; spire whorls with red band running along suture; interior of aperture white, with red band showing through from exterior."[3]

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[3]

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico;
in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.

References

  1. Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5443481 entry