Drillia tripter
Species of gastropod
Drillia tripter | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia tripter | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. tripter |
Binomial name | |
Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883 [1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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 varies between 11 mm and 23 mm.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Ghana)
References
- ^ von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
- ^ a b Drillia tripter Von Maltzan, 1883. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
- "Crassispira tripter". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.