Drilliola megalacme
Appearance
Drilliola megalacme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Drilliola |
Species: | D. megalacme
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Binomial name | |
Drilliola megalacme (Sykes, 1906)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Drilliola megalacme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The species has a small, conical shell with its spire well raised and is fairly solid. Its colour is whitish-brown, with a white protoconch. It has six turreted whorls that are regularly increasing. Below the carina appear numerous longitudinal riblets, decussated by spiral carinations, giving the shell a somewhat prickly or nodulous appearance. The mouth is small, with a well-marked sinuation above.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in European waters along Portugal.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Drilliola megalacme (Sykes, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- ^ Sykes E. R. (1906). "On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part 3". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v7. page(s): 183, pl. 16 fig. 5
- 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