Drillia poecila
| Drillia poecila | |
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| Apertural view of Drillia poecila | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. poecila |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 | |
Drillia poecila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Central Oacific Ocean off the Philippines and New Caledonia at a depth of 250 m.
References
- ↑ Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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