Fenimorea petiti

Fenimorea petiti
Shell of Fenimorea petiti (paratype 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. petiti
Binomial name
Fenimorea petiti Tippett, 1995 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Splendrillia petiti(Tippett, D.L., 1995)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico (Florida) at a depths of 59 m.

References

1. Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
2. Fenimorea petiti 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