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

Cerodrillia nicklesi
Shell of Cerodrillia nicklesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. nicklesi
Binomial name
Cerodrillia nicklesi
(Knudsen, 1956) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Drillia nicklesi Knudsen, 1956

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara and Senegal

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
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  • "Cerodrillia nicklesi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  • Holotype at MNHN, Paris