Leptadrillia quisqualis

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Leptadrillia quisqualis
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Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Leptadrillia
Species:
L. quisqualis
Binomial name
Leptadrillia quisqualis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Clavatula quisqualisHinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Cymatosyrinx quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Daphnella quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Mangilia quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma quisqualis(Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma (Brachytoma) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)

Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis(Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits. [3]

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