Douglassia moratensis
| Douglassia moratensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Douglassia |
| Species: | D. moratensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Douglassia moratensis Fallon, 2016
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Douglassia moratensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm. It has a spiral shaped shell that goes from white to caramel in colour.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Douglassia moratensis Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871983 on 2016-08-23
- Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363.
External links
[edit]- "Douglassia moratensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.