Neodrillia cydia

Neodrillia cydia, common name the Cydia drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Neodrillia cydia
Shell of Neodrillia cydia (specimen in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Neodrillia
Species:
N. cydia
Binomial name
Neodrillia cydia
Bartsch, 1943
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia antiguensis P. Bartsch, 1943
  • Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943)
  • Drillia encia P. Bartsch, 1943
  • Drillia jamaicensis P. Bartsch, 1943
  • Drillia ustickei B. Hayes, 1959
  • Drillia (Neodrillia) cydia (Bartsch, 1943)
  • Fenimorea ustickei (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
  • Inodrillia ustickei Hayes, M. in Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1959
  • Neodrillia antiguensis Bartsch, P., 1943
  • Neodrillia barbadensis Bartsch, P., 1943
  • Neodrillia encia Bartsch, P., 1943
  • Neodrillia jamaicensis Bartsch, P., 1943

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic off North Carolina, in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and Jamaica, and off the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, St. Thomas)

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References
  1. Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  2. Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
  • Bartsch, P. (1943) A review of some West Atlantic turritid mollusks. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 17, 81–122, pls. 7–15
  • 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
  • "Neodrillia cydia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  • Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
  • De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.


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