Drillia griffithii

Drillia griffithii
Drillia griffithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. griffithii
Binomial name
Drillia griffithii
(Reeve, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavatula griffithii Gray, 1834
  • Pleurotoma griffithii Reeve, 1843

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Reeve, L.A. (1843–1846) Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. Reeve Brothers, London, Vol. 1, 40 pls. + index and errata. [Published in parts; I cite each part separately in the catalog as 1843b:pls. 1–18, published January-December, 1843; 1844a:pl. 19, published January, 1844; 1845a:pls. 20–33, published October-December, 1845; 1846b:pls. 34–40, index and errata, published January-April, 1846.]
  2. ^ a b Drillia griffithii (Reeve, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215581 on 17 October 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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