Cerodrillia carminura
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| Cerodrillia carminura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Cerodrillia |
| Species: | C. carminura |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerodrillia carminura (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerodrillia carminura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
The shell has seven whorls beside the protoconch. It is of a lemonade color. It shows nine ribs on the penultimate whorl, rather straighter than in the type Cerodrillia thea and less swollen on the periphery.[3]