Syntomodrillia carolinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia carolinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436892 on 2016-11-20
It is closely related to Syntomadrillia woodringi, differing in that it has slenderer nuclear whorls and fewer, stouter spiral cords on the columella.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm. The shell is white with a pinkish tint, and is elongate comic in shape. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, of the Antilles (Guadeloupe) and Southern Brazil at depths between 219 m and 293 m.
References
P. Bartsch (1934), New Mollusks of the Family Turritidae:(with Eight Plates); Smithsonian Institution
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
Specimen at MNHN, Paris