Cerodrillia nicklesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Cerodrillia nicklesi | |
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| Shell of Cerodrillia nicklesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. nicklesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia nicklesi (Knudsen, 1956) [1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956 | |
Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara and Senegal
References edit
- ^ Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 114, 129–185, 3 pls.
- ^ a b Cerodrillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Knudsen J. , 1956. Remarks on a collection of marine Prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A(2)18: 514–529, sér. A
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Ardovini, R. & Cossignani, T. (2004) West African Seashells. L'Informatore Piceno, Ancona, Italy, 319 pp. NIZT682
External links edit
- "Cerodrillia nicklesi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- Holotype at MNHN, Paris