Drillia angolensis

Drillia angolensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. angolensis
Binomial name
Drillia angolensis
Odhner, 1923 [1]

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, found at a depth of 72 m.

References

  1. Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl.
  2. Drillia angolensis Odhner, 1923.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

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