Drillia dakarensis

Last updated

Drillia dakarensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. dakarensis
Binomial name
Drillia dakarensis
Knudsen, 1956 [1]

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

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The snail lives in marine habitat and produces marine sediment. [3] This snail is a predator and its shell contains calcium carbonate. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa (Cape Verde, Senegal, and Ghana).

References

  1. ↑ Knudsen, J. (1956) Remarks on a collection of marine prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l’Institut Française d’Afrique Noire, série A, 18, 514–529, 2 pls.
  2. ↑ Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Drillia dakarensis Knudsen 1956 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.