Drillia rosolina

Drillia rosolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. rosolina
Binomial name
Drillia rosolina
(Marrat, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Clavus) rosolina Tryon, 1884
  • Clavus (Fenimorea) rosolina Nordsieck, 1977a
  • Pleurotoma rosolina Marrat, 1877

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

According to Powell (1966) this species is a synonym of Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845).[3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

  1. Marrat, F.P. (1877) "A list of West Africa shells, including new Pleurotoma and Columbella". Quarterly Journal of Conchology, 1, 237–244.
  2. 1 2 Drillia rosolina (Marrat, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
  3. Powell, A.W.B. (1966) "The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5, 1–184, 23 pls.

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