Drillia rosacea
(Redirected from Rose turrid)
| Drillia rosacea | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia rosacea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. rosacea
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| Drillia rosacea | |
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Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.
The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea, Ivory Coast and Gabon
References
[edit]- ^ Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
- ^ a b Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
External links
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- "Neodrillia rosacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.