Clathrodrillia solida

Clathrodrillia solida, common name the solid drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1][2]

Clathrodrillia solida
Shell of Clathrodrillia solida (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clathrodrillia
Species:	C. solida
Binomial name
Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Clathrodrillia ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890 Clathrodrillia solida C. B. Adams, 1850 Crassispira ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890 Crassispira fuscescens auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850 Crassispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850) Drillia ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890 Drillia fuscescens Gray Drillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850) Pleurotoma solida Adams C. B., 1850 Strictispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Description

The color of the shell is deep chocolate-brown. Its longitudinal ribs are separated by wider interspaces, crossed by revolving raised lines, forming granules. It is smooth and slightly concave above the periphery, with a raised line next the suture. The shell grows to a length of 19 mm.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the West Indies.

References

1. Clathrodrillia solida (Adams C. B., 1850). 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. 193; 1884 (described as Drillia fuscescens)

• 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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• "Strictispira solida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Tippett D.L. (2006). The genus Strictispira in the western Atlantic (Gastropoda: Conoidea). Malacologia. 48(1-2): 43-64.