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Drillia ghyooti

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Species of gastropod

Drillia ghyooti
Shell of Drillia ghyooti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. ghyooti
Binomial name
Drillia ghyooti
Nolf, 2008

Drillia ghyooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The shell of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2011)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Ivory Coast and São Tomé and Principe.

References

  1. A new turrid species from West Africa: Drillia ghyooti (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Drilliidae), pp. 13–19, plates I–IV by F. Nolf. Neptunea vol. 7/4; November 2008
  2. Drillia ghyooti Nolf, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Drillia ghyooti


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