Drillia roseola

Drillia roseola
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia roseola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. roseola
Binomial name
Drillia roseola (Hertlein & Strong, 1955) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Clavus roseolaParker, 1964 Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) roseolaParker, 1964 Cymatosyrinx roseolaHertlein & Strong, 1955 Drillia rosea(Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834) Pleurotoma roseaSowerby, G.B. I, 1834

Drillia roseola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. ^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

1. Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M. (1955) Marine mollusks collected during the "Askoy" expeditions to Panama, Columbia, and Ecuador in 1941. American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin, 107, 159–318, 3 pls.
2. Drillia roseola (Hertlein & Strong, 1955) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 October 2011.

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• "Drillia roseola". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• W.H. Dall (1909), Report on the collection of shells from Peru ;Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, pages 147–294, with Plates 20–28