Drillia rosacea
| Drillia rosacea | |
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| Apertural view of Drillia rosacea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. rosacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 30 mm. The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea
References
- ↑ Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
- 1 2 Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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