Cerodrillia girardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Cerodrillia girardi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. girardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia girardi Lyons, 1972
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 13 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 49 m and 73 m.
References edit
- ^ a b Cerodrillia girardi Lyons, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 September 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Lyons, William G. "New Turridae (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa) from south Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico." The Nautilus 86.1 (1972): 3–7.
- 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
- 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
External links edit
- "Cerodrillia girardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.