Leptadrillia quisqualis

Leptadrillia quisqualis
	Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Leptadrillia
Species:	L. quisqualis
Binomial name
	Leptadrillia quisqualis; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Clathurella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Clavatula quisqualis Hinds, 1843 (basionym); Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Cymatosyrinx quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Daphnella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Mangilia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Pleurotoma quisqualis (Hinds, 1843); Pleurotoma (Brachytoma) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843);

Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua

References

^ ^a ^b Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2011.
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 257; 1884 (described as Mangilia quisqualis)

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

Gastropods.com: Cymatosyrinx quisqualis

[WoRMS-1] Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2011.

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 257; 1884 (described as Mangilia quisqualis)

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