Drillia macleani
| Drillia macleani | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. macleani |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia macleani Tucker J.K., 1992 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drillia macleani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, and in the Caribbean Sea off Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
References
- ↑ Tucker, J.K. (1992) Drillia macleani, new name for Drillia sinuosa McLean and Poorman, 1971 (Gastropoda: Turridae). The Nautilus, 106, 76.
- ↑ Drillia macleani Tucker J., 1992. 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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