Drilliola loprestiana
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| Drilliola loprestiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae [1] |
| Genus: | Drilliola |
| Species: | D. loprestiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841)[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Drilliola loprestiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[3]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 4 mm and 8.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs from the Bay of Biscay to West Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Adriatic Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean from Georgia, USA to Southern Brazil, in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ↑ Calcara P. (1841). Monografie dei generi Spirorbis e Succinea seguita da alcune nuove specie di conchiglie siciliane. Giornale Letterario 226: 1-11. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 8: 1-119 (December) page(s): 32-33
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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