Drillia tripter

Drillia tripter
Drawing of Drillia tripter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. tripter
Binomial name
Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883 [1]
Synonyms
Pleurotoma tripter Paetel, 1888

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

Description

The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus.The length of the shell is 23 mm. ^[3]

Distribution

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

References

1. ^ von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
2. ^ Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433612 on 19 October 2011.
3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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