Drillia rufescens

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Drillia rufescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. rufescens
Binomial name
Drillia rufescens
Dunker R.W., 1871

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Samoa..

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