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Drillia clionellaeformis

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Species of gastropod

Drillia clionellaeformis
Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis
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. clionellaeformis
Binomial name
Drillia clionellaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) clionellaeformis Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875
  • Turris clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)

Drillia clionellaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The shell attains a length of 22 mm.

The yellowish shell is longitudinally plicate, the plicae whitish, closely covered by revolving lines. The whorls are contracted and unilirate at the suture.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola at depths between 15 m and 35 m.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596572 on 2015-01-21
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Weinkauff, Conch. Cab., 2e édit., p. 106, pi. 23, fig-5 a, 5"

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Taxon identifiers
Drillia clionellaeformis
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