Decoradrillia pulchella

Decoradrillia pulchella
Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Decoradrillia
Species:
D. pulchella
Binomial name
Decoradrillia pulchella
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella (Reeve, 1845)
  • Drillia pulchella Reeve, 1845
  • Fenimorea halidorema Schwengel, 1940
  • Pleurotoma angustae C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Pleurotoma pulchella Reeve, 1845
  • Splendrillia (Fenimorea) halidorema Abbott, 1974

Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Decoradrillia pulchella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871978 on 2016-04-14
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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
  • Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1.
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