Drillia clionellaeformis
Appearance
Drillia clionellaeformis | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. clionellaeformis
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Binomial name | |
Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia clionellaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell attains a length of 22 mm.
The yellowish shell is longitudinally plicate, the plicae whitish, closely covered by revolving lines. The whorls are contracted and unilirate at the suture.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola at depths between 15 m and 35 m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596572 on 2015-01-21
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Weinkauff, Conch. Cab., 2e édit., p. 106, pi. 23, fig-5 a, 5"