Inodrillia hesperia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Inodrillia hesperia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Inodrillia
Species:
I. hesperia
Binomial name
Inodrillia hesperia
Bartsch, 1943
Synonyms[1]

Inodrillia (Inodrillara) hesperia Bartsch, 1943

It was previously included within the family Turridae.[1]

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Florida Keys, USA, and in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela at depths between 201 and 263 m.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Inodrillia hesperia Bartsch, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Bartsch P., A Review of Some West Atlantic Turritid Mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17 (2):81-122, plates 7-15

External links edit

  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Inodrillia hesperia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.