Agladrillia nitens
Agladrillia nitens | |
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Drawing of a shell of Agladrillia nitens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Agladrillia |
Species: | A. nitens
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Binomial name | |
Agladrillia nitens (Hinds, 1843)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Agladrillia nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm. The 8 whorls are carinately shouldered. The flesh-brown shell shows longitudinal, sharp, oblique ribs, pointed on the shoulder-angle, and extending to the suture, and revolving striae. The outer lip is sharp. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is short. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Australia, New Guinea and the Makassar Strait.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Agladrillia nitens. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719067 on 2016-07-25
- ^ 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.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia nitens)