''Syntomodrillia lissotropis'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approxi ...

.Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2016). Syntomodrillia lissotropis (Dall, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762265 on 2016-11-20

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm. Original description, under the name ''P. (Mangilia) lissotropis'', otherwise ''Mangilia lissotropis'':Dall, W. H. 1881. ''Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake'.''. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: p.58
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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the

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and off Southern

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References

Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (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

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Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Syntomodrillia Lissotropis lissotropis Gastropods described in 1881