| Drillia diasi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. diasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia diasi K.H. Barnard, 1958 | |
Drillia diasi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
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The creamy white shell consists of calcium carbonates and unusually for shelled animals contains little to no chitin. It attains the length 9 mm and the diameter 3.75 mm. This animal is carnivorous, has only one gill and one kidney and lacks a brain.[ citation needed ]
This marine species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa.
This species is a non-broadcast spawner. It's life cycle does not include the trocophore stage. [2]