Microdrillia patricia

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Microdrillia patricia
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Original drawing of a shell of Microdrillia patricia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. patricia
Binomial name
Microdrillia patricia
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma (Oligotoma) patriciaMelvill, 1904 (original combination)
  • Turris (Tomopleura) patriciaMelvill, 1917

Microdrillia patricia 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 6 mm and a width of 2.1 mm. The protoconch contains at least 6 whorls and the teleoconch 5½ convex whorls. The protoconch has 15–16 axial ribs on its penultimate whorl and 21 to 24 ribs on its last whorl. The collabral threads are strong. On the base of the body whorl one can see 7 to 9 spiral lirae. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is short. [2] [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Oman to continental shelf of Western Transkei, South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia patricia (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434406 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
  3. ↑ Melvill, J. C. 1904. Description of 28 species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea dredged by F. W. Townsend, 1900–04. Proc. malac. Soc. London. 6(3): 159–169
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