Globidrillia hemphillii

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Globidrillia hemphillii
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Drawing of a shell of Globidrillia hemphillii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia
Species:
G. hemphillii
Binomial name
Globidrillia hemphillii
(Stearns, 1871) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Clavus hemphillii(Stearns, 1871)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) hemphillii(Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx hemphilli(Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) hemphillii(Stearns, 1871)
  • Drillia hemphillii(Stearns, 1871)
  • Pleurotoma hemphilliiStearns, 1871
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) hemphilliiStearns, 1871

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

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Description

The small, slender, polished shell has a long spire and a short aperture terminating in a short, broad, open siphonal canal. It is horn-colored. There are inconspicuous longitudinal ribs on the spire, which are obsolete on the body whorl,. The sutural line is impressed. (described as Drillia hemphillii) [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Lower California.

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References

  1. Stearns, R.E.C. (1871) Preliminary descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca from the west coast of North America. Conchological Memoranda, No. VII, 2.
  2. 1 2 Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences