Cerodrillia porcellana

Cerodrillia porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species: C. porcellana
Binomial name
Cerodrillia porcellana
Fallon, 2016

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4.5 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Campeche Bank, Mexico.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Cerodrillia porcellana Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871956 on 2016-07-31
  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.


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