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