Drillia tripter
| Drillia tripter | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Drillia tripter | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. tripter |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia tripter is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus.The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 23 mm. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Ghana)
References
- ↑ von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
- 1 2 Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884
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