- Drillia rosacea
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Drillia rosacea 
Apertural view of Drillia rosacea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Drillia Species: D. rosacea Binomial name Drillia rosacea
(Reeve, 1845) [1]Synonyms[2] - Crassispira rosacea von Maltzan, 1883
- Drillia (Brachystoma) rosacea Tryon, 1884
- Drillia (Crassispira) rosacea H. & A. Adams, 1853
- Pleurotoma rosacea Reeve, 1845 (basionym)
Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, 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 30 mm. The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea
References
- ^ Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
- ^ a b Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225532.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884
- 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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