Drillia tumida

Drillia tumida
Drillia tumida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. tumida
Binomial name
Drillia tumida
McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1]

Drillia tumida 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 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Pacific from Mexico to Panama.

References

  1. ^ McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
  2. ^ Drillia tumida McLean & Poorman, 1971.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433613 on 19 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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