Drillia patriciae

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

Drillia patriciae 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 25 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at depths between 20 mm and 50 m.

References

  1. ^ Bernard, P.A. & Nicolay, K. (1984) New species of Gabon. La Conchiglia, 16(180/181), 16–18.
  2. ^ Drillia patriciae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225529 on 19 October 2011.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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