Syntomodrillia cookei

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Syntomodrillia cookei
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Shell of Syntomodrillia cookei (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Syntomodrillia
Species:
S. cookei
Binomial name
Syntomodrillia cookei
(E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms [1]
  • Leptadrillia cookei(E. A. Smith, 1888)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) cookeiSmith E. A., 1888
  • Pleurotoma cookeiE. A. Smith, 1888

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

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Description

The fusiform shell grows to a length of 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico), the Gulf of Mexico (Florida to Texas), Guadeloupe and the western Atlantic Ocean (northern Brazil)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia cookei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872172 on 2016-10-19