Globidrillia micans

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Globidrillia micans
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Drawing of a shell of Globidrillia micans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia
Species:
G. micans
Binomial name
Globidrillia micans
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Clavatula micans Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Clavus micansDuShane & Brennan, 1969
  • Elaeocyma aeoliaDall, 1919

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm. The chestnut-colored shell has small, rather sharp, whitish, oblique ribs, fading towards the suture. The back of the body whorl is smooth. The outer lip is thin, acute and smooth within. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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References

  1. ↑ Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
  2. 1 2 Globidrillia micans (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 291; 1884 (described as Clavatula micans)
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