Filodrillia crebrespirata

Filodrillia crebrespirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Filodrillia
Species: F. crebrespirata
Binomial name
Filodrillia crebrespirata
(Verco, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia crebrespirata Verco, 1909 (original combination)
  • Filodrillia lacteola var. crebrespirata (Verco, 1909)

Filodrillia crebrespirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its width 2.1 mm.

(Original description) This shell is more solid and opaque than Filodrillia lacteola. It has 15 spiral lirae in the penultimate whorl and 50 in the body whorl, crossed by crowded accremental striae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Southern Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Filodrillia crebrespirata (Verco, 1909). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435268 on 2016-03-07
  2. ↑ Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
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