Drillia spirostachys

Drillia spirostachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. spirostachys
Binomial name
	Drillia spirostachys; Kilburn, 1988

Last updated September 23, 2025

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Indian Ocean off South Africa (south of Durban)

References

↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
↑ Drillia spirostachys Kilburn, 1988 . 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

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[1] Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.

[WoRMS-2] Drillia spirostachys Kilburn, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.

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