Drillia oleacina
| Drillia oleacina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. oleacina |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia oleacina (Dall, 1881) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pleurotoma (Drillia) oleacina Dall, 1881 (basionym) | |
Drillia oleacina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Cuba), the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles (the Grenadines) at a depth of over 500 m.
References
- ↑ Dall, W.H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieutenant Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 9, 33–144.
- ↑ Drillia oleacina (Dall, 1881). 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.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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