Neodrillia blakensis

Neodrillia blakensis
Shell of Neodrillia blakensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Neodrillia
Species:	N. blakensis
Binomial name
Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Clathrodrillia blakensis(Tippett, 2007) Drillia blakensisTippett, 2007 (original combination) Drillia (Clathrodrillia) blakensisTippett, 2007

Neodrillia blakensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas; also off Martinique.

References

1. Tippett, D. L. 2007. Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drilliidae: Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus. 121 (4): 210–213
2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872144 on 2016-08-02

External links

Neodrillia blakensis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)

• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" . Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1.
• "Neodrillia blakensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.