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Acinodrillia viscum

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Acinodrillia viscum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Acinodrillia
Species:
A. viscum
Binomial name
Acinodrillia viscum
Kilburn, 1988

Acinodrillia viscum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the white, claviform shell varies between 7.2 mm and 8.9 mm; its width is 3.1 mm. The spiral sculpture of the shell shows sharply incised grooves, carving through the strong, raised axial ribs into distinct, coarse nodules.[3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off East Transkei, South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ a b Acinodrillia viscum Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 29.1 (1988): 167–320
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