Drillia maculomarginata

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Drillia maculomarginata
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Apertural view of a shell of Drillia maculomarginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. maculomarginata
Binomial name
Drillia maculomarginata
Kilburn & Stahlschmidt, 2012

Drillia maculomarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell of this marine species attains 42 mm, while its width attains 9 mm. [2]

Its whorls are convex and rounded. It is light yellow with splotches of dark brown, and a faint brownish band around the middle of the last whorl. Its protoconch is conical, containing 2 whorls. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Aliguay Island, the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Drillia maculomarginata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605446 on 2016-09-12
  2. 1 2 Kilburn, Richard Neil; Stahlschmidt, Peter (29 June 2012). "Description of two new species of Drillia from the Indo-Pacific". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 1 (141). Schweizerbart: 52–54. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/051-055 . Retrieved 27 May 2025.


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