Kylix woodringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
| Kylix woodringi | |
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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: | Kylix |
| Species: | K. woodringi
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| Binomial name | |
| Kylix woodringi McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1]
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Panama.
References
edit- ^ McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
- ^ a b Kylix woodringi McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- McLean, J.H. (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
External links
edit- "Kylix woodringi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.