Drillia tholos

Drillia tholos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. tholos
Binomial name
Drillia tholos Barnard, 1958

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

Description

Dead Drillia tholos often form shallow marine sediments. The shells attain lengths of 5 mm, their diameter 2 mm, dextrally coiled. It is a rare species and only found in certain regions across the globe.^{[ citation needed ]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off East London, South Africa.

References

1. Sartori, André F. (2015). Drillia tholos Barnard, 1958. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762247 on 2016-09-10

• Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295