Decoradrillia pulchella

Decoradrillia pulchella
Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Decoradrillia
Species:	D. pulchella
Binomial name
Decoradrillia pulchella (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella(Reeve, 1845) Drillia pulchellaReeve, 1845 Fenimorea halidoremaSchwengel, 1940 Pleurotoma angustaeC. B. Adams, 1850 Pleurotoma pulchellaReeve, 1845 Splendrillia (Fenimorea) halidoremaAbbott, 1974

Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. ^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Decoradrillia pulchella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871978 on 2016-04-14
2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" . Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Fenimorea halidorema; retrieved: 24 October 2011
• "Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 September 2011.