Drillia rosacea

Drillia rosacea
	Apertural view of Drillia rosacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. rosacea
Binomial name
	Drillia rosacea; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Crassispira rosacea von Maltzan, 1883; Drillia (Brachystoma) rosacea Tryon, 1884; Drillia (Crassispira) rosacea H. & A. Adams, 1853; Pleurotoma rosacea Reeve, 1845 (basionym);

Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm. The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea

References

^ Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
^ ^a ^b Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884

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.

External links

Gastropods.com: Drillia rosacea; retrieved: 19 October 2011

[1] Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]

[WoRMS-2] Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[3] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884

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