Carinodrillia dichroa

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Carinodrillia dichroa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. dichroa
Binomial name
Carinodrillia dichroa
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932

Carinodrillia dichroa, common name the two-toned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Description

The shell has a spiral structure, with a commonly off-white colouration above the periphery on the upper half of the whorl, and dark brown below it. It has a narrow brown band above the suture with a moderately developed spiral sculpture in comparison with other species of the genus Carinodrillia. [2] The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, West Mexico to Ecuador, at a depth of 10 to 40 m. It is found on gravel bottoms near rock. [2]

References

  1. Carinodrillia dichroa Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Keen, Angeline Myra (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America; Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru (2nd ed.). California: Stanford University Press. p. 728. ISBN   0804707367.