Drillia bealiana

Drillia bealiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. bealiana
Binomial name
Drillia bealiana
(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cerodrillia bealiana Turgeon et al., 1988
  • Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 (basionym)

Drillia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994. [3]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil.

References

  1. ^ Schwengel, J.S. & McGinty, T.L. (1942) Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida. The Nautilus, 56, 13–18, pl. 4.
  2. ^ a b Drillia bealiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433582 on 10 October 2011.
  3. ^ Rios, E.C. (1994) Seashells of Brazil. 2nd Edition. Fundaçao Cidade do Rio Grande, Fundaçao Universidade do Rio Grande, Museu Oceanográphico, Rio Grande, RS, XII, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp., 113 pls.

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