Cerodrillia girardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Cerodrillia girardi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. girardi
Binomial name
Cerodrillia girardi
Lyons, 1972

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 49 m and 73 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cerodrillia girardi Lyons, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 September 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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