Drillia lignaria

Drillia lignaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. lignaria
Binomial name
Drillia lignaria
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma lignaria Sowerby III, 1903

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off the west coast of the Cape Province, South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Sowerby, G.B., III. (1903) Mollusca of South Africa. Marine Investigations of South Africa, 2, 213– 232, pls. 3–5.
  2. 1 2 Drillia lignaria (Sowerby III, 1903).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.

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