Drillia umbilicata
Appearance
Drillia umbilicata | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia umbilicata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. umbilicata
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Binomial name | |
Drillia umbilicata Gray, 1838 [1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia umbilicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 32 mm. The shell is light yellowish brown or yellowish white. It shows prominent, distant ribs, forming a strongly tuberculate shoulder, and revolving striae. The anal sinus is produced upwards. The inner lip is thickened below, forming with the axis a false umbilicus.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Sierra Leone and from Gabon to Angola.
References
[edit]- ^ Gray, J.E. (1838) On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 1, 27–30.
- ^ a b Drillia umbilicata Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 179; 1884
External links
[edit]- "Drillia umbilicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.