Drillia tripter

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Drillia tripter
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia tripter
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. tripter
Binomial name
Drillia tripter
Synonyms [2]
  • Crassispira tripterMaltzan, H.F. von, 1883
  • Pleurotoma tripterPaetel, 1888

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

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Description

The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus. The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 23 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Ghana)

References

  1. ↑ von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
  2. 1 2 Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884
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