Drillia albicostata

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Drillia albicostata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. albicostata
Binomial name
Drillia albicostata
(Sowerby I, 1834) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Drillia roseobasisPilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1902 (preoccupied name)
  • Drillia roseotinctaW.H. Dall, 1918
  • Drillia testudinisH.A. Pilsbry & E.G. Vanatta, 1923
  • Pleurotoma albicostataSowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma (Ishnula) roseotinctaDall, W.H., 1918
  • Pleurotoma testudinisPilsbry, H.A. & E.G. Vanatta, 1923
  • Pleurotoma zetekiDall & Ochsner, 1928

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm. The shell is rose-colored, the longitudinal ribs are white, close-set. There is no spiral sculpture. The aperture is callous above. The anal sinus is rather deep. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. 1 2 Drillia albicostata (Sowerby I, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 October 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 205; 1884
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