Carinodrillia hexagona

Carinodrillia hexagona
Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Carinodrillia
Species:	C. hexagona
Binomial name
Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia hexagona(Sowerby I, 1834) Pleurotoma hexagonaSowerby I, 1834

Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.

References

1. Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Carinodrillia hexagona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.