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Clathrodrillia gibbosa ( anglais )

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm. The shell is yellowish white or brownish, usually interruptedly broad-banded above and below the middle of the body whorl. The spire is turreted. The whorls are covered with a sutural cord and have a smooth, slightly concave shoulder The periphery is nodulous with the terminations of oblique, longitudinal ribs, which are crossed by strong revolving lines. The labium has a very strong projecting superior callus. The outer lip is winged, with a second small sinus indicated towards the base. The siphonal canal is short.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Venezuela and Suriname.

References

  1. ^ a b Clathrodrillia gibbosus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 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.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 179; 1884 (described as Drillia gibbosus)

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Clathrodrillia gibbosa: Brief Summary ( anglais )

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Clathrodrillia gibbosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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