Elaeocyma empyrosia

Elaeocyma empyrosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Elaeocyma
Species:	E. empyrosia
Binomial name
	Elaeocyma empyrosia; (Dall, 1899)
Synonyms
	Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) pallida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834); Clavus (Elaeocyma) empyrosia Wenz, 1943; Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) empyrosia Dall, 1921; Drillia empyrosia Dall, 1899 (basionym);

Elaeocyma empyrosia 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.

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific off California.

^ Dall, W.H. (1899) On a new species of Drillia from California. The Nautilus, 12, 127.
^ ^a ^b Elaeocyma empyrosia (Dall, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2011.

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