Drillia oleacina

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

Pleurotoma (Drillia) oleacina Dall, 1881 (basionym)

Drillia oleacina 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 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Cuba), the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles (the Grenadines) at a depth of over 500 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. ^ Drillia oleacina (Dall, 1881).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420303 on 19 October 2011.