Drilliola emendata

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Drilliola emendata
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Drawing of a shell of Drilliola emendata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Drilliola
Species:
D. emendata
Binomial name
Drilliola emendata
(Monterosato, 1872) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Asthenotoma (Drilliola) emendata(Monterosato, 1872)
  • Pleurotoma emendatum(Monterosato, 1872)
  • Pleurotoma emendatum var. atlanticaLocard 1897
  • Taranis albatrosiNordsieck, F., 1971
  • Taranis emendataMonterosato, 1872 (original combination)

Drilliola emendata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [2]

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Description

The brown shell grows to a length of 9 mm (0.35 in). The whorls show three cingulae and two lirae. The body whorl is spirally multicingulate and longitudinally lirulate. The suture is slightly but distinctly incised. The aperture is white within. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The sinus is wide between the first and second carina. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Sicily.

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References

  1. ↑ Monterosato T. A. (di), 1872 (10 marzo)a: Notizie intorno alle conchiglie fossili di Monte Pellegrino e Ficarazzi. Palermo, Ufficio Tipografico Michele Amenta 44 p
  2. 1 2 Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 August 2011.
  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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