Drillia sinuosa

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Drillia sinuosa
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia sinuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. sinuosa
Binomial name
Drillia sinuosa
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Clavus amandaSmith, E.A., 1882
  • Drillia amandaE.A. Smith, 1882
  • Pleurotoma (Clavus) amandaE. Smith, 1882
  • Pleurotoma sinuosa(Montagu, G., 1803)
  • Turris (Inquisitor) amandaE. Smith, 1882

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

Contents

Drillia sinuosaMcLean, J.H. & R. Poorman, 1971 is a junior homonym and is a synonym of Drillia macleani Tucker, J.K., 1992 [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

The solid shell has a turreted shape, with a few prominent longitudinal ribs terminating at the periphery, crossed by close, strong striae. The aperture is broadly cut out below, with no proper siphonal canal. The large anal sinus is ascending. The color of the shell is white, or brownish with white ribs, or whitish indistinctly maculated or centrally banded with light brown. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena.

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References

  1. ↑ Montagu, George. Testacea britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water: including the most minute: systematically arranged and embellished with figures. Vol. 1. White, 1803.
  2. ↑ Tucker, J. K. "Drillia macleani, new name for Drillia sinuosa McLean and Poorman, 1971 (Gastropoda: Turridae)." The Nautilus 106.2 (1992).
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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