Drillia acapulcana
Drillia acapulcana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Drillia acapulcana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. acapulcana |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Originally named Elaeocyma acapulcana by H.N. Lowe in 1935, it was renamed Drillia acapulcana by Mclean in 1971.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off Mexico.
References
- Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
- McLean, J.H. (1971a) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
- Angeline Myra Keen (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford University Press. p. 701. ISBN 978-0-8047-0736-7.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
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