Drillia aerope

Drillia aerope
Drillia aerope
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. aerope
Binomial name
Drillia aerope
(W.H. Dall, 1919) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus aerope DuShane & R. Poorman, 1967
  • Elaeocyma aerope Dall, 1919

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Agua Verde Bay, Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References

  1. ^ Dall, W.H. (1919a) Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 56, 1–86, 24 pls
  2. ^ a b Drillia aerope (Dall, 1919).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433573 on 8 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

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