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Drillia poecila

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Drillia poecila
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia poecila (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. poecila
Binomial name
Drillia poecila
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

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

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and New Caledonia at a depth of 250 m.

References

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  • "Drillia poecila". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  • Bouchet, Philippe, et al. "A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: where do we stand? How far to go." Tropical deep-sea Benthos 25 (2008): 9-40
  • Holotype at MNHN, Paris