Compsodrillia gonae
| Compsodrillia gonae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Compsodrillia |
| Species: | C. gonae
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsodrillia gonae Jong & Coomans, 1988
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Compsodrillia gonae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.
Compsodrillia gonae has a shell with two nuclear whorls and five postnuclear whorls. The whorls are marked by eight prominent rounded ribs, intersected by spiral cords with fine spiral threads filling the spaces in between. The shoulder of the shell is adorned with numerous fine spiral threads. The outer lip is thin, and the varix is faintly indicated by a slight swelling of the final axial rib. The shell is typically white in color.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Dutch Antilles and Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Compsodrillia gonae Jong & Coomans, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ De Jong, K.M., & Coomans, H.E. (1988). Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill, p. 113. Available at: PDF link.
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Compsodrillia gonae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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