Syntomodrillia woodringi explained

Syntomodrillia woodringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles and NorthernBrasil.

References

• P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution

External links

• 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
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• 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. Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia woodringi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436919 on 2016-11-20