Microdrillia patricia
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| Original drawing of a shell of Microdrillia patricia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Microdrillia |
| Species: | M. patricia
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| Binomial name | |
| Microdrillia patricia (Melvill, 1904)
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Microdrillia patricia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The small, claviform shell has a maximum length of 6 mm and a width of 2.1 mm. The protoconch contains at least 6 whorls and the teleoconch 5½ convex whorls.The protoconch has 15-16 axial ribs on its penultimate whorl and 21 to 24 ribs on its last whorl. The collabral threads are strong. On the base of the body whorl one can see 7 to 9 spiral lirae. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is short.[2][3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Oman to continental shelf of Western Transkei, South Africa
References
- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia patricia (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434406 on 2016-03-17
- ^ R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za
- ^ Melvill, J. C. 1904. Description of 28 species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea dredged by F. W. Townsend, 1900-04. Proc. malac. Soc. London. 6(3): 159-169
External links
- Gastropods.com: Microdrillia patricia
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308