Drillia rosacea

Drillia rosacea
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia rosacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. rosacea
Binomial name
Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Crassispira rosaceavon Maltzan, 1883 Drillia (Brachystoma) rosaceaTryon, 1884 Drillia (Crassispira) rosaceaH. & A. Adams, 1853 Neodrillia rosacea(Reeve, L.A., 1845) Pleurotoma rosaceaReeve, 1845 (basionym)

Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. ^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea, Ivory Coast and Gabon

References

1. Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
2. Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845) . 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884

• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

External links

• "Neodrillia rosacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.