Drillia lignaria
| Drillia lignaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. lignaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia lignaria (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Pleurotoma lignaria Sowerby III, 1903 | |
Drillia lignaria 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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone off the west coast of the Cape Province, South Africa.
References
- ↑ Sowerby, G.B., III. (1903) Mollusca of South Africa. Marine Investigations of South Africa, 2, 213– 232, pls. 3–5.
- 1 2 Drillia lignaria (Sowerby III, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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