Microdrillia dinos

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Microdrillia dinos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. dinos
Binomial name
Microdrillia dinos
Kilburn, 1986

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

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Description

The small, claviform shell has a maximum length of 7 mm and a width of 2.8 mm. The protoconch contains at least 4 whorls and the teleoconch 5 whorls. The protoconch has 35 axial riblets on its penultimate whorl and 21 to 24 ribs on its last whorl. The collabral threads are weak. On the base of the body whorl one can see 12 to 13 spiral lirae. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa

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References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia dinos Kilburn, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434403 on 2016-03-17
  2. R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za