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Kylix woodringi

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Kylix woodringi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Kylix
Species:
K. woodringi
Binomial name
Kylix woodringi
McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1]

Kylix woodringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References

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  1. ^ McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
  2. ^ a b Kylix woodringi McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • McLean, J.H. (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
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