Drillia rufescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Samoa..
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