Drillia patriciae
Drillia patriciae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. patriciae |
Binomial name | |
Drillia patriciae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984 [1] |
Drillia patriciae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at depths between 20 mm and 50 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Bernard, P.A. & Nicolay, K. (1984) New species of Gabon. La Conchiglia, 16(180/181), 16–18.
- ^ Drillia patriciae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
[edit]- "Drillia patriciae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Holotype at MNHN, Paris