Drillia clionellaeformis

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Drillia clionellaeformis
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. clionellaeformis
Binomial name
Drillia clionellaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) clionellaeformisWeinkauff & Kobelt, 1875
  • Turris clionellaeformis(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)

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

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Description

The shell attains a length of 22 mm.

The yellowish shell is longitudinally plicate, the plicae whitish, closely covered by revolving lines. The whorls are contracted and unilirate at the suture. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola at depths between 15 m and 35 m.

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