(Say, 1822)
Urosalpinx cinerea
Eastern Oyster Drill
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Muricidae
ANSP 398138
Shell Information
Length (mm): 32
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Nova Scotia to Florida
Depth (m):
0 to 15 meters
Diet:
Carnivore; They feed on oysters and other small mollusks
Habitat:
Shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140429 on 2021-06-10
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/