Fenimorea sunderlandi

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]

## Description[edit]

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[edit]

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[4]

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[edit]

1. ^ Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
2. ^ a b Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2011.
3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 18. Publ: CERF
4. ^ 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[edit]

* "Fenimorea sunderlandi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5443481
* CoL: 3DYDB
* GBIF: 6507379
* IRMNG: 11783037
* OBIS: 420311
* SeaLifeBase: 98923
* WoRMS: 420311

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