Drillia albicostata

Drillia albicostata
Drawing of Drillia albicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. albicostata
Binomial name
Drillia albicostata
(Sowerby I, 1834) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1902 (preoccupied name)
  • Pleurotoma albicostata Sowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma (Ishnula) roseotincta Dall, W.H., 1918
  • Pleurotoma testudinis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1923
  • Pleurotoma zeteki Dall & Ochsner, 1928

Drillia albicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm. The shell is rose-colored, the longitudinal ribs are white, close-set. There is no spiral sculpture. The aperture is callous above. The anal sinus is rather deep. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. 1 2 Drillia albicostata (Sowerby I, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 205; 1884

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