Drillia dakarensis
| Drillia dakarensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. dakarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956 [1] | |
Drillia dakarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa (Cape Verde, Senegal,and Ghana.
References
- ↑ Knudsen, J. (1956) Remarks on a collection of marine prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l’Institut Française d’Afrique Noire, série A, 18, 514–529, 2 pls.
- ↑ Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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