Drillia acapulcana

Drillia acapulcana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. acapulcana
Binomial name
Drillia acapulcana
(Lowe, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus acapulcana DuShane & R. Poorman, 1967
  • Elaeocyma acapulcana Lowe, 1935

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

Originally named Elaeocyma acapulcana by H.N. Lowe in 1935, it was renamed Drillia acapulcana by Mclean in 1971 [2]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific along Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433571 on 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ 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

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