Drillia aerope
| Drillia aerope | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. aerope |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia aerope (W.H. Dall, 1919) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia aerope is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off Agua Verde Bay, Gulf of California, Western Mexico
References
- ↑ Dall, W.H. (1919a) Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 56, 1–86, 24 pls
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Drillia aerope (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295