Drillia maculomarginata
| Drillia maculomarginata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia maculomarginata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. maculomarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia maculomarginata Kilburn & Stahlschmidt, 2012
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Drillia maculomarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell of this marine species attains 42 mm, while its width attains 9 mm.[2]
Its whorls are convex and rounded. It is light yellow with splotches of dark brown, and a faint brownish band around the middle of the last whorl. Its protoconch is conical, containing 2 whorls.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs off the Aliguay Island, the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Drillia maculomarginata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605446 on 2016-09-12
- ^ a b Kilburn, Richard Neil; Stahlschmidt, Peter (29 June 2012). "Description of two new species of Drillia from the Indo-Pacific". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 1 (141). Schweizerbart: 52–54. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/051-055. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drillia maculomarginata.
- "Drillia maculomarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.