Drillia sowerbyi
| Drillia sowerbyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. sowerbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia sowerbyi Turton, W.H., 1932 | |
Drillia sowerbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
References
- ^ Turton (1932). Mar. Sh. Pt. Alfred, p. 22, pi. 4, no. 170
- Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
- "Drillia sowerbyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.