Drillia euchroes

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

Drillia euchroes
Original image of a shell of Drillia euchroes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. euchroes
Binomial name
Drillia euchroes
Melvill, J.C., 1912
Synonyms

Drillia euchroës Mevill J.C., 1912

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

A. brightly coloured species, in shape attenuate-fusiform. The shell contains 11 whorls, with a small, vitreous, bulbous protoconch. The remainder is suturally considerably impressed. The shell is straw-coloured with closely ranged spiral lirae of dark chestnut alternating with ochreous. In the centre of each whorl is a white spiral band, bringing into prominence the strongly modiiled ribs of the angle of the whorl. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thin.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. Melvill, James Cosmo. "Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea." Journal of Molluscan Studies 10.3 (1912): 240–254.
  • "Drillia euchroes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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