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Syntomodrillia carolinae

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Syntomodrillia carolinae
Shell of Syntomodrillia carolinae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. carolinae
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia carolinae
(P. Bartsch, 1934)
Synonyms[1]

Splendrillia carolinae Bartsch, 1934

Syntomodrillia carolinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles (Guadeloupe) and Southern Brasil at depths between 219 m and 293 m.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia carolinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436892 on 2016-11-20
  • P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • 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.
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris