Neodrillia blakensis

Neodrillia blakensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Neodrillia
Species: N. blakensis
Binomial name
Neodrillia blakensis
(Tippett, 2007) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathrodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007)
  • Drillia blakensis Tippett, 2007 (original combination)
  • Drillia (Clathrodrillia) blakensis Tippett, 2007

Neodrillia blakensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  1. Tippett, D. L. 2007. Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drilliidae: Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus. 121 (4): 210-213
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872144 on 2016-08-02


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