Drillia dakarensis

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Drillia dakarensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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]

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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).

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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.


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