Douglassia moratensis

Douglassia moratensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Douglassia
Species:	D. moratensis
Binomial name
Douglassia moratensis Fallon, 2016

Douglassia moratensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. ^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10mm and 14mm. It has a spiral shaped shell that goes from white to caramel in colour. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Douglassia moratensis Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871983 on 2016-08-23
2. Fallon, Phillip J. (31 December 2016), PLATE 63. Douglassia moratensis, new species. Figs. 1, 3 in Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species , retrieved 7 January 2026

• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" . Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID   27394363.

External links

• "Douglassia moratensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.