Orrmaesia nucella

Orrmaesia nucella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Orrmaesia nucella
Shell of Orrmaesia nucella (paratype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Orrmaesia
Species:
O. nucella
Binomial name
Orrmaesia nucella
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indian Ocean off Transkei and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

  1. Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
  2. Orrmaesia nucella Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.


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