Syntomodrillia cookei

Syntomodrillia cookei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The fusiform shell grows to a length of 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the benthic zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico), the Gulf of Mexico (Florida to Texas), Guadeloupe and the western Atlantic Ocean (northern Brazil)

References

• Smith, E.A. (1888) "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6th ser. v.2. p. 308.
• 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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa. 682:1-1295.
• Fallon P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363.
• De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.