Drillia patriciae
| Drillia patriciae | |
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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: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. patriciae
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia patriciae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984 [1]
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Drillia patriciae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at depths between 20 mm and 50 m.
References
- ^ Bernard, P.A. & Nicolay, K. (1984) New species of Gabon. La Conchiglia, 16(180/181), 16–18.
- ^ Drillia patriciae Bernard & Nicolay, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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