Drillia oliverai

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Drillia oliverai
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Shell of Drillia oliverai (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. oliverai
Binomial name
Drillia oliverai
Kilburn & Stahlschmidt, 2012

Drillia oliverai 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 varies between 25 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution and etymology

This species occurs off Cebu Island, the Philippines. It is named after Baldomero Olivera from the University of Utah. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Drillia oliverai. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605447 on 2016-09-13
  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: 54. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/051-055 . Retrieved 27 May 2025.


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