Syntomodrillia woodringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.
| Syntomodrillia 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: | Syntomodrillia |
| Species: | S. woodringi
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| Binomial name | |
| Syntomodrillia woodringi Bartsch, 1934
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Splendrillia woodringi (Bartsch, 1934) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 18 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles and Northern Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia woodringi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436919 on 2016-11-20
- P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution
External links
edit- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (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.
- 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.