Drillia clionellaeformis

Drillia clionellaeformis
Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Drillia
Species: D. clionellaeformis
Binomial name
Drillia clionellaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) clionellaeformis Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875
  • Turris clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)

Drillia clionellaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The shell attians a length of 22 mm.

The yellowish shell is longitudinally plicate, the plicae whitish, closely covered by revolving lines. The whorls are contracted and unilirate at the suture.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola at depths between 15 m and 35 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596572 on 2015-01-21
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Weinkauff, Conch. Cab., 2e édit., p. 106, pi. 23, fig-5 a , 5"

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