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Acinodrillia amazimba

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Species of gastropod

Acinodrillia amazimba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Acinodrillia
Species: A. amazimba
Binomial name
Acinodrillia amazimba
Kilburn, 1988

Acinodrillia amazimba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The length of the brown, biconic-claviform shell varies between 8.8 mm and 9.5 mm; its width is 3.7 mm. The spiral sculpture of the shell shows sharply incised grooves, carving through the fine, raised axial ribs into small nodules.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Acinodrillia amazimba Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 29.1 (1988): 167–320

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Taxon identifiers
Acinodrillia amazimba


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