Microdrillia patricia

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

Microdrillia patricia
Original drawing of a shell of Microdrillia patricia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. patricia
Binomial name
Microdrillia patricia
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Oligotoma) patricia Melvill, 1904 (original combination)
  • Turris (Tomopleura) patricia Melvill, 1917

Description

The small, claviform shell has a maximum length of 6 mm and a width of 2.1 mm. The protoconch contains at least 6 whorls and the teleoconch 5½ convex whorls. The protoconch has 15–16 axial ribs on its penultimate whorl and 21 to 24 ribs on its last whorl. The collabral threads are strong. On the base of the body whorl one can see 7 to 9 spiral lirae. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is short.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Oman to continental shelf of Western Transkei, South Africa

References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia patricia (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434406 on 2016-03-17
  2. R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za
  3. Melvill, J. C. 1904. Description of 28 species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea dredged by F. W. Townsend, 1900–04. Proc. malac. Soc. London. 6(3): 159–169
  • "Microdrillia patricia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
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