Drillia detecta

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

Pleurotoma detecta Dall, 1881

Drillia detecta 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 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Florida, USA and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Dry Tortugas.

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 detecta (Dall, 1881).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433589 on 17 October 2011.