Drillia tripter

Drillia tripter
Drawing of Drillia tripter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. tripter
Binomial name
Drillia tripter
Von Maltzan, 1883 [1]
Synonyms

Pleurotoma tripter Paetel, 1888

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

Description

The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus.The length of the shell is 23 mm. [3]

Distribution

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

References

  1. von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
  2. Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884

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