Drillia sowerbyi

Drillia sowerbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. sowerbyi
Binomial name
*Drillia sowerbyi* Turton, W.H., 1932

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

References

↑ Turton (1932). Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred, p. 22, pi. 4, no. 170

Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73 - 163
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

Gastropods.com: Drillia sowerbyi

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