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Carinodrillia hexagona (G. B. Sowerby I 1834)

Carinodrillia hexagona

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Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The reddish brown shell is sharply pyramidal. The hexagonal whorls are very finely striated, ribbed-tuberculated, the ribs six on each whorl. The sinus is broad.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to El Salvador.

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Carinodrillia hexagona: Brief Summary

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Carinodrillia hexagona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies

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