Drillia sowerbyi

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

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

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

  1. Turton (1932). Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred, p. 22, pi. 4, no. 170
  • "Drillia sowerbyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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