Cerodrillia perryae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Cerodrillia perryae | |
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| Shell of Cerodrillia perryae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. perryae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cerodrillia (Cerodrillia) perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 17 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 2 m and 95 m.
References
- Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).
- 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
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
External links
- "Cerodrillia perryae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.