Drillia dunkeri

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

Drillia dunkeri
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia dunkeri (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. dunkeri
Binomial name
Drillia dunkeri
(Weinkauff, 1876)

The homonym Drillia dunkeri Knudsen, 1952 is a synonym of Drillia knudseni Tippett, 2006

Description

The length of the shell attains 31 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Drillia dunkeri (Weinkauff, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591987 on 2016-09-01


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