Acinodrillia paula
Acinodrillia paula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Acinodrillia paula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Acinodrillia |
| Species: | A. paula |
| Binomial name | |
| Acinodrillia paula (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma paula Thiele, 1925 | |
Description
The length of the claviform shell attains 11.8 mm, its width 4.2 mm. It shows the general characteristics of the genus, but is especially characterized by the axial grooves that are cut on the body whorl by spiral grooves, forming a lozenge-shaped pattern.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
References
- Acinodrillia paula (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 29.1 (1988): 167–320
- J. Thiele (1925) Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gutstav Fischer, Berlin.
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