Drilliola emendata
| Drilliola emendata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Drilliola emendata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae [1] |
| Genus: | Drilliola |
| Species: | D. emendata |
| Binomial name | |
| Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872) [2] | |
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Drilliola emendata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[3]
Description
The brown shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The whorls show three cingulae and two lirae. The body whorl is spirally multicingulate and longitudinally lirulate. The suture is slightly but distinctly incised.The aperture is white within. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The sinus is wide between the first and second carina. [4]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Sicily.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ↑ Monterosato T. A. (di), 1872 (10 marzo)a: Notizie intorno alle conchiglie fossili di Monte Pellegrino e Ficarazzi. Palermo, Ufficio Tipografico Michele Amenta 44 p
- ↑ Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon(1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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