Cerodrillia girardi explained

Cerodrillia girardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 49 m and 73 m.

References

• Lyons, William G. "New Turridae (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa) from south Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico." The Nautilus 86.1 (1972): 3–7.
• 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. . Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4090 . 1 . 1-363 .

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .