Carinodrillia quadrilirata

Carinodrillia quadrilirata
Apertural view of a shell of Carinodrillia quadrilirata (Specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Carinodrillia
Species:	C. quadrilirata
Binomial name
Carinodrillia quadrilirata (Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms [1]
Crassispira quadrilirata(E. A. Smith, 1882) Pleurotoma (Clavus) quadrilirataSmith E. A., 1882 (original combination) Turris quadrilirata(E. A. Smith, 1882)

Carinodrillia quadrilirata 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 10 mm and 25 mm.

The white, ovate-fusiform shell contains 9 whorls. The superior half of the whorls is concave, the lower half slightly convex. The deep pinkish-brown line above the suture is most apparent between the ribs. The four lirations on the ribs are rather acute and prominent, and are only on the lower half of the whorls. The dark white aperture is narrow and measures 3/8 of the total length. The columella is straight, callous and shows a tubercle at the suture. The siphonal canal is very short and slightly recurved. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off the Philippines and Taiwan.

References

1. Carinodrillia quadrilirata (Smith E. A., 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206–218 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.
• "Carinodrillia quadrilirata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• MNHN: specimen