Decoradrillia pulchella

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Decoradrillia pulchella
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Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Decoradrillia
Species:
D. pulchella
Binomial name
Decoradrillia pulchella
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella(Reeve, 1845)
  • Drillia pulchellaReeve, 1845
  • Fenimorea halidoremaSchwengel, 1940
  • Pleurotoma angustaeC. B. Adams, 1850
  • Pleurotoma pulchellaReeve, 1845
  • Splendrillia (Fenimorea) halidoremaAbbott, 1974

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2016). Decoradrillia pulchella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871978 on 2016-04-14
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)


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