Syntomodrillia lissotropis explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

Original description, under the name P. (Mangilia) lissotropis, otherwise Mangilia lissotropis:^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off Southern Brasil.

References

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

External links

• • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2016). Syntomodrillia lissotropis (Dall, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762265 on 2016-11-20
2. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseum091881harv Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake'.. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: p.58