Drilliola megalacme

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Drilliola megalacme
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Drilliola
Species:
D. megalacme
Binomial name
Drilliola megalacme
(Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms [1]
  • Micropleurotoma megalacme (Sykes, 1906)
  • Spirotropis megalacmeSykes, 1906 (basionym)

Drilliola megalacme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

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Description

The species has a small, conical shell with its spire well raised and is fairly solid. Its colour is whitish-brown, with a white protoconch. It has six turreted whorls that are regularly increasing. Below the carina appear numerous longitudinal riblets, decussated by spiral carinations, giving the shell a somewhat prickly or nodulous appearance. The mouth is small, with a well-marked sinuation above. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters along Portugal. [1]

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