Drillia rosolina

Drillia rosolina
Drillia rosolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. rosolina
Binomial name
Drillia rosolina
(Marrat, 1877) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Clavus) rosolina Tryon, 1884
  • Clavus (Fenimorea) rosolina Nordsieck, 1977a
  • Pleurotoma rosolina Marrat, 1877

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

According to Powell (1966) this species is a synonym of Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845) [3]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

  1. ^ Marrat, F.P. (1877) A list of West Africa shells, including new Pleurotoma and Columbella. Quarterly Journal of Conchology, 1, 237–244.
  2. ^ a b Drillia rosolina (Marrat, 1877).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225099 on 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ Powell, A.W.B. (1966) The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Aukland Institute and Museum, 5, 1–184, 23 pls.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • 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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