Drillia griffithii

Drillia griffithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. griffithii
Binomial name
Drillia griffithii
(Reeve, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavatula griffithii Gray, 1834
  • Pleurotoma griffithii Reeve, 1843

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  1. Reeve, L.A. (1843–1846) Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. Reeve Brothers, London, Vol. 1, 40 pls. + index and errata. [Published in parts; I cite each part separately in the catalog as 1843b:pls. 1–18, published January–December, 1843; 1844a:pl. 19, published January, 1844; 1845a:pls. 20–33, published October–December, 1845; 1846b:pls. 34–40, index and errata, published January–April, 1846.]
  2. 1 2 Drillia griffithii (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.

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