Fenimorea culexensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Fenimorea |
Species: | F. culexensis
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Binomial name | |
Fenimorea culexensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1]
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Fenimorea culexensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description[]
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico.
References[]
- ^ Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1969) A Supplementary Listing of New Shells (Illustrated). To be Added to the Checklist of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont, 32 pp., 6 pls.
- ^ Fenimorea culexensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Maes, Virginia O. "Observations on the systematics and biology of a turrid gastropod assemblage in the British Virgin Islands." Bulletin of marine science 33.2 (1983): 305–335.
- Williams, Shallow water Turridae of Florida and the Caribbean (northern Florida to southern Brazil in depth of less than 250 m)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links[]
- "Fenimorea culexensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Categories:
- Fenimorea
- Gastropods described in 1969
- Drilliidae stubs