Drillia diasi

Drillia diasi
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]

Description

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 ]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa.

Life cycle

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. It's life cycle does not include the trocophore stage. ^[2]

References

1. Drillia diasi Barnard, 1958 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 October 2011.
2. "Drillia diasi". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 9 February 2025.

• Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295