Acinodrillia amazimba

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Acinodrillia amazimba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Acinodrillia
Species:
A. amazimba
Binomial name
Acinodrillia amazimba
Kilburn, 1988

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

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Description

The length of the brown, biconic-claviform shell varies between 8.8 mm and 9.5 mm; its width is 3.7 mm. The spiral sculpture of the shell shows sharply incised grooves, carving through the fine, raised axial ribs into small nodules. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Transkei, South Africa.

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