Fenimorea petiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Fenimorea petiti | |
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| Shell of Fenimorea petiti (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fenimorea |
| Species: | F. petiti
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| Binomial name | |
| Fenimorea petiti Tippett, 1995 [1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Splendrillia petiti (Tippett, D.L., 1995) | |
Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 18 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico (Florida) at a depths of 59 m.
References
edit- ^ Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
- ^ a b Fenimorea petiti Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295