Drillia sowerbyi

Drillia sowerbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Drillia sowerbyi
Turton, W.H., 1932

Drillia sowerbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

References

  1. Turton (1932). Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred, p. 22, pi. 4, no. 170


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