''Fenimorea'' is a
genus of carnivorous
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no s ...
.
Description
(Original description) The shell is large. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...
s of the
protoconch
A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called ...
are well rounded and smooth. The whorls of the
spire show strong, broad axial ribs that are retractively bent and reduced in the depressed groove below the summit and extend anteriorly to the fasciole on the base. The finer
sculpture on the ribs and intercostal spaces consists of decidedly wavy incised spiral lines and fine incremental lines, which vary in strength. The combination of these two elements gives to the surface a peculiar effect, resembling the scales on some butterfly wings. This sculpture extends to the basal fasciole. The fasciole itself and the area immediately posterior to it, as well as the rest of the
columella, are marked by spiral threads. The
aperture is moderately long and broad and strongly channeled anteriorly. The basal sinus is deep and reflected at the edge with a strong parietal callus. The stromboid notch is shallow.
Species
Species within the genus ''Fenimorea'' include:
* ''
Fenimorea abscondita''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea alba''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea biminensis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea caysalensis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea chaaci''
(Espinosa & Rolán, 1995)
* ''
Fenimorea contracta''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea crocea''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea culexensis''
Nowell-Usticke, 1969
* ''
Fenimorea elongata''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea fabae''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea fucata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Fenimorea glennduffyi''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea janetae''
Bartsch, 1934
* ''
Fenimorea jongreenlawi''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea kathyae''
Tippett, 1995
* ''
Fenimorea mackintoshi''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea marmarina''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Fenimorea moseri''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Fenimorea nivalis''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea pagodula''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Fenimorea petiti''
Tippett, 1995
* ''
Fenimorea phasma''
(Schwengel, 1940)
* ''
Fenimorea sunderlandi''
(Petuch, 1987)
* ''
Fenimorea tartaneata''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea tessellata''
Fallon, 2016
* ''
Fenimorea tippetti''
Fallon, 2016
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Fenimorea brunnescens''
Rehder, 1943: synonym of ''
Bellaspira brunnescens''
(Rehder, 1943)
* ''Fenimorea halidorema''
Schwengel, 1940: synonym of ''
Decoradrillia pulchella''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Fenimorea pentapleura''
J.S. Schwengel, 1940: synonym of ''
Bellaspira pentagonalis''
(W.H. Dall, 1889)
* ''Fenimorea pulchra''
G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1959 : synonym of ''
Fenimorea fucata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Fenimorea ustickei''
(Nowell-Usticke, 1959):
synonym of ''
Neodrillia cydia
''Neodrillia cydia'', common name the Cydia drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This species ...
''
Bartsch, 1943
;
Nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
:
* ''
Fenimorea paria''
(Reeve, 1846)
References
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
External links
WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family DrilliidaeDe Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
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Gastropod genera