Drillia clionellaeformis

Drillia clionellaeformis
Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. clionellaeformis
Binomial name
Drillia clionellaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Description

The shell attians 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

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