Fenimorea sunderlandi explained

Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

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."[1]

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[1]

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.

References

Notes and References

  1. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF