Drillia clionellaeformis

Drillia clionellaeformis
Drawing of a shell of Drillia clionellaeformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596572 on 2015-01-21
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Weinkauff, Conch. Cab., 2e édit., p. 106, pi. 23, fig-5 a, 5"

External links

• Dautzenberg (1912), Mollusques marins de l'Afrique Occidentale; Annales de l'Institut Océanographique