Cerodrillia nicklesi

Cerodrillia nicklesi
Shell of Cerodrillia nicklesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Cerodrillia
Species:	C. nicklesi
Binomial name
Cerodrillia nicklesi (Knudsen, 1956) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Drillia nicklesiKnudsen, 1956

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

Description

The lenght of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara and Senegal

References

1. Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 114, 129–185, 3 pls.
2. Cerodrillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 October 2011.

• Knudsen J. , 1956. Remarks on a collection of marine Prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A(2)18: 514–529, sér. A
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Ardovini, R. & Cossignani, T. (2004) West African Seashells. L'Informatore Piceno, Ancona, Italy, 319 pp. NIZT682

External links

• "Cerodrillia nicklesi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
• Holotype at MNHN, Paris