Drillia poecila

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

Drillia poecila
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia poecila (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. poecila
Binomial name
Drillia poecila
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and New Caledonia at a depth of 250 m.

References

  • "Drillia poecila". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  • Bouchet, Philippe, et al. "A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: where do we stand? How far to go." Tropical deep-sea Benthos 25 (2008): 9-40
  • Holotype at MNHN, Paris


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