Drillia suxdorfi

Drillia suxdorfi
Original image of a shell, the protoconch and the aperture of Drillia suxdorfi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. suxdorfi
Binomial name
Drillia suxdorfi
Strebel, 1905

Drillia suxdorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil and Argentina

References

  1. Sartori, André F. (2015). Drillia suxdorfi Strebel, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762245 on 2016-09-19


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