Viridrillia cervina

Viridrillia cervina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Viridrillia
Species:	V. cervina
Binomial name
Viridrillia cervina Bartsch, 1943
Synonyms
Cerodrillia cervina(Bartsch, 1943) Clavus eburauct. non Reeve, 1845 Drillia eburauct. non Reeve, 1845

Viridrillia cervina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and off Florida, United States.

References

1. Viridrillia cervina Bartsch, 1943 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.

• P. Bartsch, 1943: A Review of Some West Atlantic Turritid Mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17 (2)

External links

• Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (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 Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Viridrillia cervina