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Fenimorea

Fallon, Phillip J.

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Fenimorea is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Fenimorea is referenced by 35 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and Wikidata.

It is catalogued under topics including Fenimorea, Gastropod genera and Taxa named by Paul Bartsch.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyDrilliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
32
Family
Drilliidae
Collections
UF, DMNH, SDSM, FMNH, FWRI, MNHN
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Bahamas

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Drilliidae
Image
Fenimorea janetae 002.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Fenimorea
Commons category
Fenimorea
taxon name
Fenimorea
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
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  • Species
  • References
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Fenimorea is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.

==Description== (Original description) The shell is large. The whorls of the protoconch 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.

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