Drillia acapulcana
Appearance
Drillia acapulcana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. acapulcana
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Binomial name | |
Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia acapulcana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Originally named Elaeocyma acapulcana by H.N. Lowe in 1935, it was renamed Drillia acapulcana by Mclean in 1971 [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off Mexico.
References
- ^ a b Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
- ^ McLean, J.H. (1971a) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
- Angeline Myra Keen (1971), Seashells of tropical West America
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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