Drillia sowerbyi
| Drillia sowerbyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. sowerbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia sowerbyi Turton, W.H., 1932
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Drillia sowerbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ Turton (1932). Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred, p. 22, pi. 4, no. 170
- Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
[edit]- "Drillia sowerbyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.