Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Carinodrillia |
| Species: | C. hexagona
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| Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.
The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.
References edit
- ^ a b Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Carinodrillia hexagona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.