Syntomodrillia carolinae

Syntomodrillia carolinae
Shell of Syntomodrillia carolinae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Syntomodrillia
Species:	S. carolinae
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia carolinae (P. Bartsch, 1934)
Synonyms [1]
Splendrillia carolinaeBartsch, 1934

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

It is closely related to Syntomadrillia woodringi , differing in that it has slenderer nuclear whorls and fewer, stouter spiral cords on the columella. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm. The shell is white with a pinkish tint, and is elongate comic in shape.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles (Guadeloupe) and Southern Brazil at depths between 219 m and 293 m.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia carolinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436892 on 2016-11-20
2. Smithsonian Institution; Institution, Smithsonian; Institution, Smithsonian (1933). Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Vol. v.91 (1933-1947). Washington: Smithsonian Institution.

• P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution

External links

• 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. PMID   27394363.
• Specimen at MNHN, Paris