Drillia euchroes
Appearance
Drillia euchroes | |
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Original image of a shell of Drillia euchroes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. euchroes
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Binomial name | |
Drillia euchroes Melvill, J.C., 1912
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Synonyms | |
Drillia euchroës Mevill J.C., 1912 |
Drillia euchroes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
A. brightly coloured species, in shape attenuate-fusiform. The shell contains 11 whorls, with a small, vitreous, bulbous protoconch. The remainder is suturally considerably impressed. The shell is straw-coloured with closely ranged spiral lirae of dark chestnut alternating with ochreous. In the centre of each whorl is a white spiral band, bringing into prominence the strongly modiiled ribs of the angle of the whorl. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thin. [1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.
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