Neodrillia blakensis
Appearance
Neodrillia blakensis | |
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Shell of Neodrillia blakensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Neodrillia |
Species: | N. blakensis
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Binomial name | |
Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Neodrillia blakensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas; also off Martinique.
References
[edit]- ^ Tippett, D. L. 2007. Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drilliidae: Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus. 121 (4): 210–213
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872144 on 2016-08-02
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neodrillia blakensis.
- Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363.
- "Neodrillia blakensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.