Drillia albicostata

Drillia albicostata
Drawing of Drillia albicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. albicostata
Binomial name
Drillia albicostata (Sowerby I, 1834) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1902 (preoccupied name) Pleurotoma albicostata Sowerby I, 1834 Pleurotoma (Ishnula) roseotincta Dall, W.H., 1918 Pleurotoma testudinis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1923 Pleurotoma zeteki Dall & Ochsner, 1928

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm. The shell is rose-colored, the longitudinal ribs are white, close-set. There is no spiral sculpture. The aperture is callous above. The anal sinus is rather deep. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

1. ^ Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
2. ^ ^{a b} Drillia albicostata (Sowerby I, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433574 on 8 October 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 205; 1884

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

• Gastropods.com : Drillia albicostata; retrieved: 8 October 2011