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Syntomodrillia cookei

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Syntomodrillia cookei
Shell of Syntomodrillia cookei (specimen 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: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. cookei
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia cookei
(E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptadrillia cookei (E. A. Smith, 1888)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) cookei Smith E. A., 1888
  • Pleurotoma cookei E. A. Smith, 1888

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

Description

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The fusiform shell grows to a length of 8.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico), the Gulf of Mexico (Florida to Texas), Guadeloupe and the western Atlantic Ocean (northern Brazil)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia cookei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872172 on 2016-10-19
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  • "Leptadrillia cookei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  • 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.
  • De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.