| Fenimorea sunderlandi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fenimorea |
| Species: | F. sunderlandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Splendrillia sunderlandiPetuch, 1987 (basionym) | |
Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2]
Original description: "Shell large for genus, elongated; body whorl and spire whorls rounded, without obvious shoulder; shell smooth, silky, without spiral grooves, threads, or other sculpture; body whorl with large, wide, swollen axial hump that is roughly 3 ribs in width; columella wide, well-developed; shell color pure white with single, wide, wine red band around mid-body; spire whorls with red band running along suture; interior of aperture white, with red band showing through from exterior." [3]
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA." [3]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico;
in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.