Drillia idalinae

Drillia idalinae
Drillia idalinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. idalinae
Binomial name
Drillia idalinae
Bernard & Nicolay, 1984 [1]

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon and São Tomé and Principe.

References

  1. ^ Bernard, P.A. & Nicolay, K. (1984) New species of Gabon. La Conchiglia, 16(180/181), 16–18.
  2. ^ Drillia idalinae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225526 on 18 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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