Cerodrillia nicklesi

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Cerodrillia nicklesi
Cerodrillia nicklesi (MNHN-IM-2000-3138).jpeg
Shell of Cerodrillia nicklesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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Description

The size 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. 1 2 Cerodrillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 October 2011.