Kylix woodringi

Kylix woodringi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Kylix
Species:
K. woodringi
Binomial name
Kylix woodringi
McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1]

Kylix woodringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2] The species is named in honor of Wendell P. Woodring.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References

  1. ↑ McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
  2. ↑ Kylix woodringi McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • McLean, J.H. (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.


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