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Cerodrillia cratera (Dall, 1927)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Drilliidae »  genus Cerodrillia

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Description

Shell small, white, solid, nearly smooth with a large smooth nucleus of about two whorls and four and a half subsequent whorls; suture distinct, not appressed, the fasciole in front of it obscure, not constricted; the only sculpture on typical specimens consists of feeble incremental lines; there are faint indications of ribbing on some of the worn specimens which may belong to this species; whorls well rounded and rather rapidly increasing in diameter; aperture ample, anal sulcus wide and shallow; outer lip slightly thickened and inflected; canal wide, hardly differentiated; pillar short and strong, the axis impervious. Length, 8.5; diameter, 4 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107946.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.

Distribution

USA. Florida, Georgia. Off coast.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Cerodrillia cratera (Dall, 1927)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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