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Drillia dunkeri

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Drillia dunkeri
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia dunkeri (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. dunkeri
Binomial name
Drillia dunkeri
(Weinkauff, 1876)

Drillia dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

The homonym Drillia dunkeri Knudsen, 1952 is a synonym of Drillia knudseni Tippett, 2006

Description

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The length of the shell attains 31 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Drillia dunkeri (Weinkauff, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591987 on 2016-09-01