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Cerodrillia carminura (Dall 1889)

Cerodrillia carminura

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Cerodrillia carminura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The shell has seven whorls beside the protoconch. It is of a lemonade color. It shows nine ribs on the penultimate whorl, rather straighter than in the type Cerodrillia thea and less swollen on the periphery.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico and off West Florida and Barbados.

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Cerodrillia carminura: Brief Summary

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Cerodrillia carminura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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