Drillia knudseni

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

Drillia knudseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. asra
Binomial name
Drillia asra
Tippett, 2006
Synonyms[1]

Drillia dunkeri Knudsen, 1952

Distribution

The snail can be found in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, from south of the Gulf of Guinea to the ocean west of Angola.[2]

References

  1. Drillia knudseni Tippett, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 October 2011.
  2. Loggia, Bagini. Worldwide Mollusc Species Database http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5338000012.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Tippett D.L. (2006a) Taxonomic notes on some Indo-Pacific and West African Drillia species (Conoidea: Drillidae). Iberus, 24, 13-21 page(s): p. 20


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