Drillia wolfei

Drillia wolfei
Drillia wolfei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. wolfei
Binomial name
Drillia wolfei
Tippett, 1995 [1]

Drillia wolfei 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 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Western Atlantic off North Carolina, in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. ^ Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
  2. ^ Drillia wolfei Tippett, 1995.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420304 on 19 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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