Carinodrillia mamona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Carinodrillia mamona
Shell of Carinodrillia mamona (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. mamona
Binomial name
Carinodrillia mamona
Corea, 1934

Description

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The length of the shell is 11 mm, and its diameter is 4.3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs off Puerto Rico at depths between 60 m and 73 m.

References

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  • Corea, Lois Fleming. Reports on the Collections Obtained by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep. New Marine Mollusks, Etc. 1934.
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  • 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 mamona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Corea, Lois Fleming. "New marine mollusks (with three plates)." (1934).