Cerodrillia porcellana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Cerodrillia porcellana | |
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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. porcellana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia porcellana Fallon, 2016
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 4.5 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Campeche Bank, Mexico.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Cerodrillia porcellana Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species, 31 July 2016, retrieved 1 December 2019
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Cerodrillia porcellana - Campeche Bank, Yucatán, Mexico, retrieved 1 December 2019
- Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363.
External links
edit- "Cerodrillia porcellana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.