Clathrodrillia lophoessa

Species of gastropod

Clathrodrillia lophoessa

Shell of Clathrodrillia lophoessa (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Clathrodrillia
Species:	C. lophoessa
Binomial name
*Clathrodrillia lophoessa* (Watson, 1882)
Synonyms^[1]
Clionella lophoessa R.B. Watson, 1882 Kurtzia lophoessa R.B. Watson, 1882 Micropleurotomella lophoessa R.B. Watson, 1882 Pleurotoma (Drillia) lophoëssa Watson, 1882 (original combination)

Clathrodrillia lophoessa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil at depths of 640 m to 1234 m.

^ ^a ^b Clathrodrillia lophoessa (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2011.
^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

Watson, R. B. 1882, Challenger Expedition, Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenge; Zoology v. 15 pt. 41-43, 1886 (described as Clionella lophoessa)
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