Drillia cunninghamae

Drillia cunninghamae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. cunninghamae
Binomial name
Drillia cunninghamae McLean & Poorman, 1971 [1]

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

It was first described by J. H. McLean & R. Poorman in 1971.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm (1.4 in). The species is a non-broadcast spawner and in it's lifetime it doesn't have a trocophore larval stage.

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific Ocean off Panama and the Gulf of California, found at depths between 10 and 63 m (33 and 207 ft).

References

1. McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
2. Drillia cunninghamae McLean & Poorman, 1971 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 October 2011.

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
• McLean, J.H. (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.

External links

• "Drillia cunninghamae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• BioLib: Drillia cunninghamae