Drilliola pruina

Drilliola pruina
Drilliola pruina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Drilliola
Species: D. pruina
Binomial name
Drilliola pruina
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[2]
  • Microdrillia pruina (Watson, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma pruina Watson, 1881 (basionym)
  • Suavodrillia tanneri (Verrill & Smith, 1884)

Drilliola pruina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores and Massachusetts, USA

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Drilliola pruina (Watson, 1881).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160277 on 13 August 2011.

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