Microdrillia optima

Microdrillia optima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Microdrillia optima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. optima
Binomial name
Microdrillia optima
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela optima Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Zanzibar Channel.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia optima (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434405 on 2016-03-17
  • Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899. II Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2) 36–382.
  • "Microdrillia optima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
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