| Carinodrillia hexagona | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Carinodrillia hexagona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Carinodrillia |
| Species: | C. hexagona |
| Binomial name | |
| Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834) | |
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Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.
The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.
References
- ^ Carinodrillia hexagona (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Carinodrillia hexagona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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| Carinodrillia hexagona | |