Drillia athyrma

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Drillia athyrma
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Original image of a shell of Drillia athyrma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. athyrma
Binomial name
Drillia athyrma
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R., 1901

Drillia athyrma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The buff-colored shell is turriculated, with an elevated spire with 10 whorls. The oblique, acute, longitudinal ribs and the incrassate, subventricose, upper whorls seem characteristic. The body whorl contains about 12 ribs. The aperture is oval. The white columella is smooth. The siphonal canal is very short.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman

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References

  1. Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. (1901) The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collection of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901, 327–460