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]

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. 2.0 2.1 Drillia bealiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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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