Drillia albicostata

Drillia albicostata
Drawing of Drillia albicostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. albicostata
Binomial name
Drillia albicostata
(Sowerby I, 1834) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1902 (preoccupied name)
  • Drillia roseotincta W.H. Dall, 1918
  • Drillia testudinis H.A. Pilsbry & E.G. Vanatta, 1923
  • Pleurotoma albicostata Sowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma (Ishnula) roseotincta Dall, W.H., 1918
  • Pleurotoma testudinis Pilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1923
  • Pleurotoma zeteki Dall & Ochsner, 1928

Drillia albicostata 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. The shell is rose-colored, the longitudinal ribs are white, close-set. There is no spiral sculpture. The aperture is callous above. The anal sinus is rather deep.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. ^ Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. ^ a b Drillia albicostata (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 205; 1884
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • "Drillia albicostata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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