Clathrodrillia petuchi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Clathrodrillia petuchi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Clathrodrillia |
| Species: | C. petuchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Clathrodrillia petuchi (Tippett, 1995)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 53 mm. It is hollow on the inside.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
References edit
- ^ a b Clathrodrillia petuchi (Tippett, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 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.
- Donn L.Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); The Nautilus. v. 109 (1995–1996)
- 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
- "Clathrodrillia petuchi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.