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Clathrodrillia wolfei

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Clathrodrillia wolfei
Shell of Clathrodrillia wolfei (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Clathrodrillia
Species:
C. wolfei
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia wolfei
(Tippett, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia (Drillia) wolfei Tippett, 1995 (basionym)
  • Drillia wolfei Tippett, 1995 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 19 mm.[citation needed]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean (on the North Carolina Shelf) and the Caribbean Sea off Mexico; in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, Florida, Louisiana.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Clathrodrillia wolfei (Tippett, 1995). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871970 on 2016-08-04
  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.

Further reading

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Clathodrillia wolfei, holotype at the Smithsonian Institution