Fenimorea kathyae

Fenimorea kathyae
Shell of Fenimorea kathyae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Fenimorea
Species:	F. kathyae
Binomial name
Fenimorea kathyae Tippett, 1995 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Splendrillia kathyaeTurgeon et al., 1998

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 36 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico; and off Barbados and Guadeloupe at depths between 58 m and 152 m.

References

1. Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
2. Fenimorea kathyae Tippett, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 October 2011.

• 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
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
• 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

• "Fenimorea kathyae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.