Cerodrillia cybele

Cerodrillia cybele is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Cerodrillia cybele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Cerodrillia
Species:
C. cybele
Binomial name
Cerodrillia cybele
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]
  • Splendrillia (Syntomodrillia) cybele Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Syntomodrillia cybele Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Panama.

References
  1. Cerodrillia cybele (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 September 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929–31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33–144.


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