Drillia bealiana
| Drillia bealiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. bealiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia bealiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994. [3]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil.
References
- ↑ Schwengel, J.S. & McGinty, T.L. (1942) Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida. The Nautilus, 56, 13–18, pl. 4.
- 1 2 Drillia bealiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 October 2011.
- ↑ Rios, E.C. (1994) Seashells of Brazil. 2nd Edition. Fundaçao Cidade do Rio Grande, Fundaçao Universidade do Rio Grande, Museu Oceanográphico, Rio Grande, RS, XII, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp., 113 pls.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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