Drillia havanensis

Drillia havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. havanensis
Binomial name
Drillia havanensis
(Dall, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma havanensis Dall, 1881

Drillia havanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (off Cuba) and the Gulf of Mexico (off the Yucatan Strait) at depths between 479 m and 1170 m.

References

  1. ^ Dall, W.H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieutenant Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 9, 33–144.
  2. ^ a b Drillia havanensis (Dall, 1881).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420302 on October 2011.