Drillia corusca

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Drillia corusca
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia corusca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. corusca
Binomial name
Drillia corusca
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Drillia corruscaBöttger, O., 1895
  • Turris (Drillia) coruscaReeve, 1843

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

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Description

The shell has a rather pyramidal shape. It is highly polished. The upper portion of the whorls are flat, clouded with reddish brown and white. The lower portion are more prominent, encircled with a row of irregular reddish brown dots. The body whorl is encircled with two rows of dots. The aperture is short. The siphonal canal is very short.

The shell differs much from the ordinary type of Drillia, the form being more like a Daphnella . [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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