Drilliola reevii
(Redirected from Turris violacea)
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drilliola reevii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Drilliola |
| Species: | D. reevii
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| Drilliola reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850)
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Drilliola reevii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines
References[edit]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Drilliola reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1557969 on 2022-10-03ssed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435065 on 22 January 2015
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Pleurotoma violacea)
- Kilburn, R.N. (1986) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27, 633–720 page(s): 715
- Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S.P. (2021). New Borsoniidae from the Central Philippines. Gloria Maris. 60(4): 188-207
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drilliola reevii.
- "Tomopleura reevii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Adams, C. B. (1850). Notes on the synonymy of certain marine shells. Contributions to Conchology. 4: 54-55
- Hinds, R. B. (1843). On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 36-46.