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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Fenimorea sunderlandi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Fenimorea |
Species: | F. sunderlandi |
Binomial name | |
Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) [1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym) |
Original description: "Shell large for genus, elongated; body whorl and spire whorls rounded, without obvious shoulder; shell smooth, silky, without spiral grooves, threads, or other sculpture; body whorl with large, wide, swollen axial hump that is roughly 3 ribs in width; columella wide, well-developed; shell color pure white with single, wide, wine red band around mid-body; spire whorls with red band running along suture; interior of aperture white, with red band showing through from exterior."[3]
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth
50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[3]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Mexico;
in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Brazil at depths between 61 m and 150 m.
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