| 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) | |
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Drillia clionellaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola at depths between 15 m and 35 m.
References
- 1 2 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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