Drilliola emendata
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| Drawing of a shell of Drilliola emendata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Drilliola |
| Species: | D. emendata
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| Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872) [1]
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Drilliola emendata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The brown shell grows to a length of 9 mm (0.35 in). The whorls show three cingulae and two lirae. The body whorl is spirally multicingulate and longitudinally lirulate. The suture is slightly but distinctly incised. The aperture is white within. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The sinus is wide between the first and second carina.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Sicily.
References
[edit]- ^ Monterosato T. A. (di), 1872 (10 marzo)a: Notizie intorno alle conchiglie fossili di Monte Pellegrino e Ficarazzi. Palermo, Ufficio Tipografico Michele Amenta 44 p
- ^ a b Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- ^ G. W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Nordsieck F., 1971: Kontinentale und abyssische Meeresmollusken des Jonischen Meeres ; Archiv für Molluskenkunde 101: 187–190
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1980. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies: 1–119, sér. Suppl.8
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
[edit]- Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 (1897), p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 (1898), p. 1-515, pl. 1-18
- "Drilliola emendata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- MNHN, Paris: lectotype