Microdrillia patricia

Microdrillia patricia
Original drawing of a shell of Microdrillia patricia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species: M. patricia
Binomial name
Microdrillia patricia
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Oligotoma) patricia Melvill, 1904 (original combination)
  • Turris (Tomopleura) patricia Melvill, 1917

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

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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
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