Orrmaesia dorsicosta

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Orrmaesia dorsicosta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Orrmaesia
Species:
O. dorsicosta
Binomial name
Orrmaesia dorsicosta
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off Transkei and Zululand, South Africa.

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References

  1. Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
  2. Orrmaesia dorsicosta Kilburn, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 November 2011.