Viridrillia cervina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Viridrillia cervina | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Viridrillia |
Species: | V. cervina
|
Binomial name | |
Viridrillia cervina Bartsch, 1943
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2019) |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and off Florida, USA.
References
edit- ^ Viridrillia cervina Bartsch, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- P. Bartsch, 1943: A Review of Some West Atlantic Turritid Mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17 (2)
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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Viridrillia cervina