Drillia clionellaeformis | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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
- ^ 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
- 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 | |
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Drillia clionellaeformis |