Fenimorea sunderlandi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Fenimorea sunderlandi

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Drilliidae
Genus:  | Fenimorea
Species:  |

F. sunderlandi

Binomial name
Fenimorea sunderlandi

(Petuch, 1987) [1]

Synonyms[2]

Splendrillia sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (basionym)

Fenimorea sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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."[3]

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

## Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[3]

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

1. ↑ Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF

* Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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

## External links

* "Fenimorea sunderlandi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_23828.shtml.

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