Drillia roseola

Drillia roseola
Drillia roseola
Apertural view of Drillia roseola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. roseola
Binomial name
Drillia roseola
(Hertlein & Strong, 1955) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus roseola Parker, 1964
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) roseola Parker, 1964
  • Cymatosyrinx roseola Hertlein & Strong, 1955
  • Pleurotoma rosea Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834

Drillia roseola 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 15 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador

References

  1. ^ Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M. (1955) Marine mollusks collected during the “Askoy” expeditions to Panama, Columbia, and Ecuador in 1941. American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin, 107, 159–318, 3 pls.
  2. ^ a b Drillia roseola (Hertlein & Strong, 1955).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433610 on 19 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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