Drillia caffra

Drillia caffra
Drillia caffra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. caffra
Binomial name
Drillia caffra
(Smith E. A., 1882) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Austrodrillia caffra Hedley, 1922
  • Drillia lara Bartsch, P., 1915
  • Drillia nereia Turton, W.H., 1932
  • Drillia nivosa Smith, E.A., 1904
  • Drillia praetermissa E.A. Smith, 1904
  • Pleurotoma caffra Smith E. A., 1882

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indian Ocean off the Eastern Cape, Jeffrey's Bay and North Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218.
  2. ^ a b Drillia caffra (Smith E. A., 1882).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433585 on 5 April 2010.

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