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Fenimorea tessellata Fallon, 2016

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Fenimorea tessellata Fallon, 2016
Name authority
Fallon, 2016
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Drilliidae
Genus
Fenimorea
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
  6. orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
  7. superfamilyConoidea J. Fleming, 1822
  8. familyDrilliidae Olsson, 1964
  9. genusFenimorea Bartsch, 1934
  10. speciesFenimorea tessellata Fallon, 2016

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Fenimorea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Fenimorea abscondita Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea chaaci (Espinosa & Rolán, 1995)DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea contracta Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea crocea Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea glennduffyi Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea janetae Bartsch, 1934DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea jongreenlawi Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea mackintoshi Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea nivalis Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea petiti Tippett, 1995DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fenimorea tartaneata Fallon, 2016DrilliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 51 records assigned to Drilliidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Fallon, P. J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa, 4090. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DYDD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.