Carinodrillia apitoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Carinodrillia apitoa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Carinodrillia
Species:
C. apitoa
Binomial name
Carinodrillia apitoa
Synonyms[1]

Carinodrillia (Buchema) apitoa Corea, 1934 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Carinodrillia apitoa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.