Globidrillia hemphillii

Globidrillia hemphillii
Drawing of a shell of Globidrillia hemphillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia
Species: G. hemphillii
Binomial name
Globidrillia hemphillii
((Stearns, 1871) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx hemphilli (Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Drillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Pleurotoma hemphillii Stearns, 1871
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) hemphillii Stearns, 1871

Globidrillia hemphillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The small, slender, polished shell has a long spire and a short aperture terminating in a short, broad, open siphonal canal. Its is horn-colored. There are inconspicuous longitudinal ribs on the spire, which are obsolete on the body whorl,. The sutural line is impressed. (described as Drillia hemphillii)[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Lower California.

References

  1. Stearns, R.E.C. (1871) Preliminary descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca from the west coast of North America. Conchological Memoranda, No. VII, 2.
  2. 1 2 Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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