Drillia dakarensis

Drillia dakarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. dakarensis
Binomial name
Drillia dakarensis
Knudsen, 1956 [1]

Drillia dakarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa (Cape Verde, Senegal,and Ghana.

References

  1. Knudsen, J. (1956) Remarks on a collection of marine prosobranchs from Senegal. Bulletin de l’Institut Française d’Afrique Noire, série A, 18, 514–529, 2 pls.
  2. Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.


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