Drillia audax

Drillia audax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Drillia audax
Original image of a shell of Drillia audax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. audax
Binomial name
Drillia audax
Melvill & Standen, 1903

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.25 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

A little whitish species of oblong fusiform shape and of bold contour. It is very distinct in both sculpture and painting of the spiral straw-coloured lirae surrounding the 7 whorls, which are not costulate. One spiral lira, acute and prominent, is especially noticeable at the base of each whorl, just above the sutures. The aperture is ovate-oblong with a distinctive wide sinus. The siphonal canal is wide and very short.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman, found at a depth of 284 m.

References

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